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So Far, Census Return Rate Up to 54 Percent

(April 1) -- Mailing back your census form costs the federal government 42 cents in bulk postage. Not mailing it costs $57 and then some. Census officials used today's official Census Day to tout the civic value of filling out the form and the costs of not doing so. Census figures are used to allot everything from...

Genealogists Wring Hands Over Skimpy US Census

LOS ANGELES (April 1) -- Welcome to Census Day 2010, when genealogists hold a figurative moment of silence for the researchers of tomorrow -- who they say will find very little of interest in the information the government is collecting today. The purpose of the census is to count everyone in the United States, with an...

Census Matchup: New Orleans vs. Indianapolis

(Feb. 3) -- Football analysts will spend this week crunching numbers to predict whether the Saints or the Colts will win Super Bowl XLIV. The U.S. Census Bureau has some stats of its own about New Orleans and Indianapolis. Although they don't offer any insights about the outcome of Sunday's championship game, they do show...

Census Uses a Charged Word on 2010 Survey

(Jan. 6) -- As the government prepares to roll out the 2010 Census on March 15, one of the 10 questions on the form already has people cringing. Question 9 asks respondents to designate their race and gives them the option of choosing "Negro," a term many have considered derogatory and antiquated for years. The question...

Census Bureau Tries to Win Over Skeptics

WASHINGTON (Jan. 4) -- The U.S. government thinks you count and is willing to spend an awful lot of money to convince skeptics. The Census Bureau today kicked off its 2010 Portrait of America Road Tour as part of a $340 million publicity blitz to increase awareness and allay suspicions about the once-in-a-decade...