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Article 1, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution requires an “enumeration” of the population every 10 years. Since 1790, the federal government has duly conducted its decennial census.

Now politics are threatening to undermine the accuracy of the 2010 population count.…

Sen. Judd Gregg’s withdrawal this week from his nomination to be Commerce Secretary was said to have been a surprise to the Obama administration.  One issue Gregg cited was a difference of opinion on the Commerce Department losing some control…

The U.S. Census Bureau has revised its forecast of when America’s “minority” population will overtake the “majority” white population. It now says we’ll have a “minority majority” in 33 years, in the year 2042, not 2050 as previously projected.

The country…

A complete census of the United States occurs once every decade, but waves of other data roll in during the off years, providing updated snapshots of who and where we are, what we’re doing and how we’re changing as a nation.

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There’s a lot of buzz today over a new Census report which estimates that whites will cease to hold majority status in the United States by 2042 — 17 years earlier than previously forecast. In 2050, whites will account for only…