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    <title>Who&apos;s Black in America? Live on C-SPAN&apos;s &quot;Washington Journal&quot; &quot;America By the Numbers&quot; Segment</title>
    <description>The size of the U.S. black population was 44 million as of July 1, 2011. Find out more on Friday, July 6, at approximately 8:30 a.m. EDT as Nicholas Jones, chief of the Racial Statistics Branch at the U.S. Census Bureau, discusses statistics about the black population. Each Friday, C-SPAN&apos;s ...</description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2012 11:35:24 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>***Media Advisory UPDATED*** -- Census Bureau and National Urban League Host Forum on Black Population</title>
    <description>What: The U.S. Census Bureau will host a forum with the National Urban League on the black population at Black Entertainment Television studios. This event will highlight statistics from the 2010 Census, providing a portrait of the black population in the U.S. Following the presentation, an expert panel will discuss ...</description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:01:43 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>Census Bureau Reports Hispanic Voter Turnout Reaches Record High for Congressional Election</title>
    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Hispanics made up 7 percent of voters in the 2010 congressional election, the highest percentage for a nonpresidential election since the U.S. Census Bureau began collecting this information in 1974. Hispanics comprised 6 percent of voters in 2006. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Blacks also increased their share of the electorate, going from 11 percent]]> ...</description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 10:10:03 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>Current Population Survey: 2010</title>
    <description>These sets of table packages are from the Current Population Survey and include detailed statistics about age and sex by five year age groups, the older population (55 and older), the Hispanic population (includes data from 2009), the black population and the Asian population. The tables provide a wide range ...</description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 09:17:23 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>Census Bureau Reports the Number of Black-Owned Businesses Increased at Triple the National Rate</title>
    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;From 2002 to 2007, the number of black-owned businesses increased by 60.5 percent to 1.9 million, more than triple the national rate of 18.0 percent, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Survey of Business Owners. Over the same period, receipts generated by black-owned businesses increased 55.1 percent to $137.5 billion.]]> ...</description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 16:00:51 -0500</pubDate>
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