2010 is a census year, as established in the U.S. Constitution:
"[An] Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct."
The first national census was held in 1790.
TC Daily Planet coverage of the 2010 Census is funded in part by a grant from the F.R. Bigelow Foundation.
For more information:
• Click here for a list of the ten questions and how to answer them or click here to view an interactive form (U.S. Census website.)
• Scroll down this page and look in column one for a choice of languages for the census form and application. You can find Spanish, Hmong, Somali and much more.
• The City of Minneapolis has its own census web page.
"It was a little like being a private investigator," Aleka Kostouros, who worked as an enumerator for the census in Minneapolis, said about her experience. The counting part of the census is all wrapped up, with the next task being re-checking all the buildings that were classified as vacant to make sure no one is living in those places. Meawhile the enumerators are finishing up their unusual jobs and tying up the last loose ends. Here's what two of them had to say about the experience. MORE »
For the 2010 Census, the Census Bureau wanted to improve the accuracy of how many American Indians live in Minnesota, so they went to tribal leadership in order to find out the best way to get a complete count. MORE »
Minnesota's Black or African American population has grown steadily throughout the decades, but it still accounts for a small percentage of the population of the state, which is nearly 90 percent white. MORE »
The first Hmong immigrants to the United States arrived in 1975. Over the next few years, a small handful of them were allowed to immigrate. Future Minnesota Senate Majority Whip Mee Moua arrived with her family in 1978 and future Minnesota State Representative Cy Thao arrived in 1980. That same year Congress passed the Refugee Act which accelerated the migration of Hmong to America. MORE »
Minnesota's Latino population is growing.MORE »
Back in the old days (that is, ten years ago) there were two forms of the census that were sent out every ten years: the long form and the short form. The short form contained questions very similar to what you filled out on this year's census, gathering information on age, sex, Hispanic origin, race, relationship, and home ownership.MORE »
By now, you all have filled out your census forms and turned them in, right? Right? (If you haven't - shame on you - turn it in right this minute!) For those of you who said no, you are not the only ones, which is why, on May 1, census workers (enumerators) hit the streets, knocking on doors making sure that each and every person fills out their form.MORE »
By Asa Diebolt,
KFAI RadioThe US Census Bureau is working to reach every person in the country with the ten question survey they are required to issue every ten years. The Census is used to redraw electoral districts and to apportion federal funds, so the stakes are high. This means that people are raising questions about how prisoners are counted. KFAI's Asa Diebolt reports. [Audio below]
The count is on! Over 120 million U.S. Census forms were sent out to addresses all over the country earlier this month. MORE »
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