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Race in America: 5 Take-Aways From the 2010 Census

The Census Bureau has released its final figures for the 2010 count, revealing new details about the makeup of the 308.7 million people in the United States and how they live. Here are five insights about America's racial mix that emerge from the report: 1. The geography of race The minority population, driven by a 43...

Hispanic Population Passes 50 Million in US but Raises Question

WASHINGTON -- The Hispanic population topped 50 million for the first time, new census data shows, as Latinos became the second-largest population group in the United States. The Census Bureau today released its final numbers for the 2010 census, which show how rapid growth of the Asian and Hispanic population...

DHS, Interior Among 5 of the Worst-Run Federal Programs

WASHINGTON -- The Government Accountability Office released its biennial list of the poorest performing government agencies today -- and this year, the Interior Department's management of the nation's oil and gas resources made the list for the first time. This should come as no surprise, given the breathtaking scope of...

World's Oldest Person Dies at 114 -- or Was It 115?

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A Texas woman believed to be the world's oldest person died today at the official age of 114, although she had maintained she was actually 115. Eunice Sanborn died at 6 a.m. at her home in Jacksonville, her close friend and caretaker, David French, told the Jacksonville Daily Progress. Jacksonville Daily Progress...

Census: We'll Have 100 Billion Bits of Data by 2013

By the time the Census Bureau is finished reporting all the ways it will digest the 2010 population count, demographers will have released 100 billion bits of data. The bureau plans to release the data in a series of reports that will be rolled out through September 2013. The scope of the detail to be made available...

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The United States Census Bureau (officially the Bureau of the Census, as defined in Title ) is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census.

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