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The U.S. Census Bureau is the leading source of data about the population and economy of the United States. While the Census Bureau is best known for conducting a national headcount once every 10 years, the agency is continually conducting surveys that provide data about a variety of social and economic conditions.

Experts from around the Census Bureau will use Random Samplings to describe the objectives of their work and explain census and survey results. We hope this blog will increase awareness and use of the valuable data collected by the Census Bureau, and make this data more accessible to all users.

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Modernizing Privacy Protections for the 2020 Census: Next Steps
April 28, 2021  
The world has evolved quite a bit since 1990, the last time we changed the way we protect individual responses in published census statistics.

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Apportionment Population Counts and What to Expect on Release Day
April 26, 2021  
Here at the U.S. Census Bureau, we’re excited to be nearing the important milestone of delivering the first results from the 2020 Census — the apportionment population counts.

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How Apportionment is Calculated
April 26, 2021  
In this blog, we will talk about how we calculate the apportionment of seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.

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Comparisons to Benchmarks as a Measure of Quality
April 26, 2021  
Data quality is multidimensional and so approaching it from multiple angles produces a more insightful and holistic picture of a dataset.

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Examining Operational Quality Metrics
April 26, 2021  
The Census Bureau is taking a multifaceted approach to studying the quality of the 2020 Census, so as to produce a more complete and informative picture.

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How We Unduplicated Responses in the 2020 Census
April 22, 2021  
Today, we’ll talk through situations where that can happen and how we resolve duplicates in the 2020 Census.

Tracking Economic Changes Using Census Bureau Data
April 22, 2021  
The Census Bureau’s economic programs serve a national need, providing data to all while utilizing scientifically valid and transparent methodology.

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2020 Census Data Review
April 20, 2021  
For the 2020 Census, we are conducting one of the most comprehensive reviews in recent census history.

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Revisión de los datos del Censo del 2020
April 20, 2021  
En este blog hablamos sobre cómo estamos realizando una de las revisiones de datos más completas en la historia reciente del censo, para el Censo del 2020.

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How We Complete the Census When Households or Group Quarters Don’t Respond
April 16, 2021  
As we continue to process 2020 Census responses, people have asked what happens when we don’t get a response from an address.

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Cómo completamos el censo cuando los hogares o alojamientos de grupo no responden
April 16, 2021  
Mientras continuamos procesando las respuestas al Censo del 2020, las personas han preguntado qué sucede cuando no obtenemos una respuesta de una dirección.

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Administrative Records and the 2020 Census
April 01, 2021  
Each decade we are asked, “Why don’t you just use the information the government already has about me for the census? Why ask me again?”

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Los registros administrativos y el Censo del 2020
April 01, 2021  
Este blog describe cómo el Censo del 2020 usó los registros administrativos para contar a las personas que no respondieron.
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