Poverty has increased substantially in Colorado and across the country, according to preliminary state Census Bureau figures released today. Roughly one in every eight Coloradans was living in poverty in 2009 and 2010, including 192,000 Coloradans who fell into poverty since 2000.
Newly released Census data reveal that, as other evidence suggests, the recession has battered some areas harder than others. Census Bureau statistics show that 11.3 percent of residences in the U.S., about 13.2 million homes, stood vacant in 2010. There was a great deal of variation, however, among the 50 states.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is giving people a new way to access a wealth of county-level data. The Atlas of Rural and Small-Town America is an online mapping tool that captures more than 60 statistical indicators encompassing demographic, economic and agricultural data from across the U.S.
Data from the 2010 United States Census was released today, showing Colorado with strong population gains–but not strong enough to gain an additional seat in the United States House of Representatives. Colorado’s population increased by 17 percent from 2000 to 2010, compared with a gain of 9.7 percent in the country as a whole. Colorado’s population now tops five million, up by around 700,000 over the past decade.
The May jobs number is out, and at first blush it looks good. The economy added 431,000 jobs in May and the unemployment rate tracked down to 9.7 percent. But the report, in reality, is terrible, another sign of…
Roughly 70 percent of households in Colorado have mailed back census forms with basic demographic data. That’s 2 percentage points below the national average, putting the state ahead of slacker states such as New Mexico, Oklahoma and Louisiana, but behind…
The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force is aiming to “queer the census” by handing out stickers Americans can paste onto the outside of their census envelopes to indicate their sex preference and gender identity. “We’re here. We’re queer…
The U.S. Census Bureau kicked off its 2010 Census “Tribal Road Tour” this week with a Native American ceremony blessing the Bureau van. The ceremony took place beside the Denver Art Museum’s “Wheel” exhibit, a piece inspired by Native American architecture and the Big Horn medicine wheel in Wyoming.
DENVER– To the strains of the West High symphony and choir and to the shouts of the Thomas Jefferson High cheerleading squad, advocates for the 2010 Census rallied metro-area residents at a kickoff celebration for the nation’s coming coast-to-coast constitutionally mandated once-per-decade body counting operation. The celebration was held at Denver Inner City Parish, an educational nonprofit in the heart of the city. The speaker roster and content of the talks made it clear that officials were making certain in particular to court members of Denver’s “hard to reach” Latino population.
Beginning today, the U.S. Census Bureau will launch community operations in the Denver with what they are calling a “Spirit of Community Celebration,” featuring City Councilman Paul Lopez and Diedra Ann Garcia from the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. The celebration…
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