CENSO 2020
Census: Update.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22 PROGRAM # 8862 12:00 PM PT Census: Update. A spokesperson for the US Census reports that more than half of US households have responded to the census and paper questionnaires are arriving this month. She points out that emergency funds for the response to Covid-19 were allocated using data from the census. […]
Census Day.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1 PROGRAM # 8844 12:00 PM PT Census Day. It’s National Census Day and households around the nation have been receiving an invitation to participate in the count online, by mail or by phone, but the efforts to follow up have been hampered by the coronavirus pandemic. In response, and staying safe at […]
Census Underway.
THURSDAY, MARCH 26 PROGRAM # 8840 12:00 PM PT Census Underway. With the self-response period underway and Census Day approaching fast, and with the Census Bureau suspending field operations for two weeks due to the public health emergency in response to the coronavirus pandemic, community organizations ramp up “Hágase Contar” digital outreach efforts to educate […]
(Español) Arranca primera fase del censo 2020
(Español) El Censo del 2020 le invita a este comienzo oficial del histórico conteo decenal de la población en Estados Unidos. Se recomienda responder el cuestionario a la brevedad posible ya sea por Internet, por teléfono o mediante correo regular.
The Challenge of the 2020 Census: Overcoming Mistrust
The US Department of Commerce is conducting an unprecedented multilingual advertising campaign with the goal of counting 99 percent of the population in this year’s census.
The Mayan Count.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13 PROGRAM # 8803 12:00 PM PT The Mayan Count. The Census count is weeks away, community leaders step up efforts to encourage Mayan families to make themselves count in the San Francisco Bay Area, home to a growing community of tens of thousands of Yucatec and Guatemalan Maya-speaking residents. Through bilingual campaigns, […]
Kids face long-term inequities if census doesn’t count them this year – all the way through elementary school: Mayra Alvarez
The causes of the undercount are many, but one is a lack of understanding that small children, even newborns, need to be counted in addition to the adults in a household. Others are a political climate in which families of color or immigrant families feel threatened and language barriers.