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Census to offer Internet option in surveys

For the first time, the Census Bureau is giving U.S. households a chance to respond to government surveys over the Internet, part of a bid to save costs and boost sagging response rates.

Data on Americans? There’s an app for that...

It may be premature to call it a runaway hit, but in the first month since the Census Bureau released its first mobile application, it’s been downloaded more than 32,000 times. The app, called America’s Economy, provides updated statistics from the Census Bureau, the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It includes 16 monthly economic indicators,such as house sales, personal income, international trade, gross domestic product and the unemployment rate.

Senh: Ooh, exactly what I needed.

Portion of Americans Living in Poverty Rises to Highest Level Since 1993

The Census Bureau report also found that median household incomes declined by 2.3 percent in 2010, in a sign of the toll the economic slump has taken.

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Poverty Rate Rose Sharply in 2009, Says Census Bureau

The report said that 44 million people, or one in seven residents, lived in poverty in the United States in 2009, the highest rate since 1994.

Senh: Makes sense. We're in one of the worst recessions since The Great Depression. Poverty in the U.S. equals families with six kids and annual income of about $21,000. Sure, that's very little money in our standands, but compared that to the average income of Chinese families who survive on less than $1,000 a year.

Census Bureau gives back $1.6 billion

The U.S. Census Bureau is giving back almost a quarter of the money it received to do its job this year.

Senh: Finally, a department that's being fiscally responsible. Whoever's in charge of the U.S. Census Bureau should be in charge of our budget. States tend to spend whatever's given to them, including money they don't have. Here's a department who's only spending as much as it's necessary to get the job and done and gave the rest back to the government.

Audit finds Census preparations wasted millions

A new audit finds that the Census Bureau wasted millions of dollars in preparation for its 2010 U.S. population count, including ...

World's Population of 100-Year-Old Could Be 6 Million

The number of centenarians already has jumped from an estimated few thousand in 1950 to more than 340,000 worldwide today, with the highest concentrations in the U.S. and Japan, according to the latest Census Bureau figures.

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