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The Impact of 2010 Census Hiring on the Unemployment Rate

Tue Jun 30 2020

Written by: Jonathan Eggleston, Mark Klee, Kristin McCue, Kristin Sandusky and Jim Spletzer

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The U.S. Census Bureau hires hundreds of thousands of temporary workers to conduct the decennial census. It is tempting to speculate how the large hiring event about to occur in 2020 will affect the unemployment rate, especially in the current COVID-19 environment. Looking back at the impacts during the 2010 Census can provide some insights. Caution is necessary because the economic environments in 2010 and 2020 differ in many substantial ways that we do not fully understand.

This entry was posted on Tue Jun 30 2020 and filed under 2010 Census, 2020 Census, American Community Survey (ACS), COVID-19, Employment, Labor Force Statistics and Payroll.

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Entries filed under 'Disclosure Avoidance'

Modernizing Disclosure Avoidance: A Multipass Solution to Postprocessing Error

Thu Jun 18 2020

In our last blog, we discussed the feedback we received from the data user community about demonstration data released last fall that were produced using the interim version of the 2020 Disclosure Avoidance System (DAS).

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Modernizing Disclosure Avoidance: What We've Learned, Where We Are Now

Fri Mar 13 2020

We want to highlight some of the feedback we have received and how we are using it to improve the Disclosure Avoidance System (DAS) that will be used for the 2020 Census.

2020 Census, Disclosure Avoidance and Emergency Preparedness | No comments yet »

Census Bureau Works With Data Users to Protect 2020 Census Data Products

Wed Feb 12 2020

The Census Bureau’s mission is “to serve as the nation’s leading provider of quality data about its people and economy.” As an agency, we take this responsibility seriously.

2010 Census, 2020 Census and Disclosure Avoidance | No comments yet »

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