By: Malcolm Maclachlan
Most of the nation still operates under the system that counts prisoners as residents of the areas where they are incarcerated.

By TaRessa Stovall
The growth of multi-racial people and their assertion that their Census choices should reflect their presence in the population is presenting an interesting quandary.

By The Editors
The damage the Great Recession has done to the size and stability of the American middle class and the financial well-being of millions of individual Americans became more evident Friday when the Census Bureau released its annual report on poverty in the U.S.

By Doug Miller
An unexpectedly robust mail-in response from American households wound up saving the U.S. Census Bureau nearly a quarter of the money it had budgeted this fiscal year to conduct the 2010 Census, according to Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke and other federal officials.

By The Editors
On May 1, 2010 the Census Bureau will dispatch thousands of Census Takers to visit households that did not return their Census forms. This critical Census follow-up period will last until July 10, 2010.

There is still time to return your Census form if you have not yet done so. Otherwise, be sure to cooperate with Census workers when they visit your home.

By The Editors
The Census Bureau will continue to accept Census forms at least through April 15, 2010. After April 15 you will still have a chance to return your Census form by mail but a Census Taker will visit your home during the follow-up period, which begins May 1.

By The Editors
Officials of a non-partisan coalition of organizations based in New York City are warning that the city could lose millions of dollars in federal funds if residents in neighborhoods with a low participation rate—which is based on the number of residents returning the Census form—are not included in the Census count.

By The Editors
Change Counts on You!

By John Payton
Tomorrow is Census Day! Be sure both to return your form and encourage your family, friends and neighbors to do the same.

By The Editors
The Power of Numbers: Why Census Data Matter to You