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- Census to launch API for demographic, economic app builders next month http://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2012/06/census-launching-api-demographic-economic-app-builders-next-month/56065/ 2 comments
- Serbian demographer: After the census, the number of inhabitants is expected to drop by as much as 700,000 https://nova.rs/vesti/drustvo/demograf-nakon-popisa-ocekuje-se-pad-broja-stanovnika-od-cak-700-000/ 89 comments europe
- BJP leaders warn of demographic shift, but Census shows fall in Muslim population growth rate steeper than other groups https://www.firstpost.com/india/bjp-leaders-warn-of-demographic-shift-but-census-shows-fall-in-muslim-population-growth-rate-steeper-than-other-groups-4883791.html/amp?__twitter_impression=true 41 comments india
- The GOP’s Census problem. While much of the shifting population is moving to red states, there is increasing evidence that it’s making those red states bluer, and most of the demographic trends are heading in Democrats’ direction. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/the_gops_census_problem/2011/03/24/abliensb_blog.html?wprss=the-fix 4 comments politics
- China's census could point to a looming demographic slide https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-society-census/chinas-census-could-point-to-a-looming-demographic-slide-iduskbn2bu0di 4 comments worldnews
- Poland’s Population Imponderables – It is hoped the 2021 census will bring clarity to the demographics of a country with both mass emigration and mass immigration https://balkaninsight.com/2021/04/01/polands-population-imponderables/ 6 comments europe
- Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives have again shown their low regard for the Census Bureau, voting to use it as a bank to fund other federal agencies and telling people they don’t have to fill out a survey that allows the government to track the country’s changing demographics. http://news.sciencemag.org/funding/2015/06/u-s-house-takes-its-whacks-planning-2020-census-and-monthly-survey 9 comments politics
- I used Python to make a dot density map (with 1 dot per person) for the US Decennial Censuses from 1990 to 2020. This is over a billion points. The result is an amazing way to visualize population and demographic changes over the last 30 years. I wanted to share the code + process I used. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/07/08/us/census-race-map.html 25 comments python
- The New Census Data that Should Terrify Republicans - Obama's coalition may only grow, thanks to demographic changes. The 2012 electorate was more diverse than any in history. Whites represented 73.7%, down from 76.3 in 2008 & 79.2 in 2004. For 1st time, black turnout exceeded white. http://www.newrepublic.com/article/113160/november-2012-census-data-obamas-coalition-will-hold-together 10 comments politics
- The most surprising demographic crisis --- A new census raises questions about the future of China’s one-child policy. http://www.economist.com/node/18651512 11 comments worldnews
- I’m Rebecca Tippett, a demographer at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill who uses Census data every week in my work. I’m here with friends from the Population Reference Bureau and the NC Counts Coalition to answer all of your Census-related questions. AMA! https://www.ncdemography.org/staff/rebecca-tippett-ph-d/ 241 comments politics
- Christian, Muslim tribals fastest growing demographic groups: Census dept The total number of tribals in the country stands at 10.4 crore which is an increase of 23.36 per cent over its population of 8.43 crore in 2001. http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/christian-muslim-tribals-fastest-growing-demographic-groups-census-dept-2754838/ 5 comments india