CENSUS
STAFF BLOG AG RIGHT WITH AGWEEK REPORTER JONATHAN KNUTSON No fun, but important nonetheless
Completing the once-in-every-five-years Census of Agriculture form isn't something that farmers and ranchers enjoy. Ag producers generally say the task is a nuisance or an intrusion, or both. But ag ...
Posted on 3/26/13 at 2:07 PM
REPUBLIC INSIDER Drawing up Mitchell's wards
Dive in. Mitchell's population is headed to the lake. There are four wards in the city and Ward 4, the one that surrounds Lake Mitchell, is growing, which means it needs to shrink. I'll explain. The...
Posted on 10/4/11 at 8:04 AM
THE N.D. CAPITOL AND BEYOND N.D., Minn. make Letterman Top 10 list
North Dakota and Minnesota hadcameo appearances on David Letterman's Top 10 list last night. The topic? "Top Ten Surprises In The 2010 Census." North Dakota's mention came in No. 8: North Dakota is ...
Posted on 12/22/10 at 10:02 AM
STAFF BLOG CAPITOL CHATTER Minnesota avoids losing U.S. House clout
Minnesota grew by 384,446 people in the past decade, but 15,000 is a more important number. Minnesota beat North Carolina by 15,000 people to keep its eight U.S. House seats. Had 15,000 fewer Minneso...
Posted on 12/22/10 at 1:35 AM
HEALTHY TIDBITS Census Workers
I know someone who does does book-keeping for the Census.She had quit the scary tales to tell about the people going door to door. Comments they can't report to the Census. There are people who are so...
Posted on 5/2/10 at 2:52 AM
Williston, Dickinson rank among fastest-growing 'micro areas' 
WILLISTON, N.D. – Williston ranks as the fastest-growing micropolitan area in the country for the second year, the U.S. Census Bureau said Thursday.
By Amy Dalrymple, Forum News Service , March 14, 2013
Grand Forks may challenge city's census count as too low
GRAND FORKS - City leaders here plan to challenge the Census Bureau because they believe it’s wrong about the city’s population and, as a result, the city received less federal funding than it should have.
By Brandi Jewett, Forum News Service , March 11, 2013
US stopping use of term 'Negro' for census surveys
WASHINGTON — After more than a century, the Census Bureau is dropping its use of the word “Negro” to describe black Americans in surveys.
By Associated Press , February 25, 2013
Census: Dakotas tops for centenarians
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – U.S. Census Bureau data show people are more likely to live 100 years or longer in North Dakota and South Dakota.
December 28, 2012
Census: Whites no longer a majority in US by 2043
WASHINGTON — White people will no longer make up a majority of Americans by 2043, according to new census projections. That's part of a historic shift that already is reshaping the nation's schools, workforce and electorate, and is redefining long-held notions of race.
By Associated Press , December 12, 2012
Census: Jump in young adults moving out of state
WASHINGTON — Their lives on hold for years, young adults are now making big moves in the fledgling economic recovery, leaving college towns or parents’ homes and heading out of state at the highest rate since the height of the housing boom.
By Associated Press , October 25, 2012
Citing potential growth to 46,000 people, West Fargo studies new police station, city hall
WEST FARGO – The city here is considering building a larger City Hall and police facility.
By Karen Huber, Forum Communications , August 22, 2012
Census: Oil Patch growth may be greater than estimates
MINOT, N.D. — New census figures estimate that North Dakota's fastest-growing cities are in the western oil patch, and officials believe the growth there might be even greater than the numbers indicate.
By Associated Press , June 28, 2012
1940 census records include 21 million still alive
NEW YORK — When the 1940 census records are released Monday, Verla Morris can consider herself a part of living history.
By Associated Press , April 02, 2012
Montana's population estimated to pass 1 million
HELENA, Mont. — State officials estimate that Montana's population has surpassed 1 million people for the first time.
By Associated Press , January 03, 2012
Census: ND population at record high
BISMARCK – North Dakota’s population has reached an all-time high, exceeding the state’s previous record set in 1930, the governor announced Wednesday.
December 21, 2011
Census shows 1 in 2 people are poor or low-income
WASHINGTON — Squeezed by rising living costs, a record number of Americans — nearly 1 in 2 — have fallen into poverty or are scraping by on earnings that classify them as low income.
By Associated Press , December 15, 2011
Many '7 billionth' babies celebrated worldwide
MANILA, Philippines — She came into the world at two minutes before midnight, a tiny, wrinkled girl born into a struggling Manila family. On Monday, she became a symbol of the world's population reaching 7 billion people and all the worries that entails for the planet's future.
By Associated Press , October 31, 2011
Census: Hispanics fuel US white population growth
WASHINGTON — In a twist to notions of race identity, new 2010 census figures show an unexpected reason behind a renewed growth in the U.S. white population: more Hispanics listing themselves as white in the once-a-decade government count.
By Associated Press , September 29, 2011
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