U.S. Census

Census Concerns Continue as Queens Grows

Last week, the Voice reported on the U.S. Census Bureau's ruling that New York is not as big as Mayor Mike Bloomberg says. The Census claims that the city's population is 8,175,133, but the city's Department of Planning has countered that the population is closer to 8.4 million as of July 2010. ... More >>

U.S. Census: New York City is Not as Big as Bloomberg Says it is

Sorry, Mike! The city is just not as big as you think it is. That's according to the U.S. Census Bureau, anyway, which, in very unsurprising news, has announced that it is not revising its official population count for 2010, despite the city's official challenge of the final number. Every ten yea ... More >>

Advocates Look Toward Next Redistricting Frontier: City Council Lines

If you redistricting fanatics out there were lamenting the fact that the drama around the drawing of new Congressional lines in the state is starting to wind down, fear not! Every ten years, states across the country redraw district lines based on new U.S. Census population counts. In the wonderful ... More >>

How Many People Ride Bikes in New York City? Doesn't Matter: Bikes Suck, Whines NY Post

​"City bike numbers unwheel," is how the New York Post headlines a story today about competing surveys counting New York City's cyclists. The tabloid's war on bikes is long-running and why should this time be any different, with negative words crammed near the top of the article aimed at cycli ... More >>

Manifest Destiny

Mexico lost the war, but won the battle

Dixie is So Gay: Surprising Census Info About Gay Parents in the South

The Times has a great piece today that defies a lot of the common stereotypes of what it means to be gay in America. Since 1990, the Census has been a gold mine of information about LGBT couples for creative demographers. Despite the lack of any question about sexual orientation (hence, no info on s ... More >>

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