Tag: census
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48.8% of Milwaukee households have responded to Census, lagging the state and national pace
That’s compared to 51.6% nationally and 58.4% in Wisconsin, said Marilyn Sanders, regional director of the U.S. Census Bureau Chicago Regional Office. Read Full Article
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New AARP Videos Encourage Participation Among Asian Americans in the 2020 Census
We are grateful that AARP has taken the extra step in ensuring that our non-English speaking community is well informed.” AARP’s PSAs have already begun airing in markets where Chinese, Hmong, Korean … Read Full Article
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It’s About Power, Money & Data — California Lags Behind National Average on Census, State Director Says
To encourage participation, AAAJ has helped assemble countusin2020.org, where census information is available in dozens of languages, including Spanish, Chinese, Tagalog, Urdu, Thai, Punjabi, Hmong … Read Full Article
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Census is counting on you even during coronavirus
Did you get a census form? I did. On March 17, right after the stay-at-home order had gone out for L.A. County and on my first, disorienting day of working from home, the mail included an envelope … Read Full Article
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Baltazar De Anda Santana, Chai Moua, Peng Her and Manuel Cerda: Now is the time to fill out the Census
Because our legislative districts are drawn using Census data, participating in the Census is an essential tool to determine representation in our democracy. Read Full Article
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Groups reach out to groups census could miss, while COVID-19 adds challenges
Other hard-to-count populations that persist in Minnesota are Hmong and Somali speakers, Minnesota’s third- and fourth-most common languages after English and Spanish. The census offers translations … Read Full Article
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5 things to do and know this weekend: The COVID-19 edition
Individuals can also respond to the census through the mail if preferred. Click here to see why the 2020 census should matter to you. 4. Hmong Chamber of Commerce emergency loan The Hmong Chamber of … Read Full Article
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Census looks to immigrants for help in getting an accurate count; COVID-19 scuttles some early efforts
For instance, it has created animated videos about the census – presented in English, Spanish, Hmong and Somali – that can be shared on social media platforms. As of Monday afternoon, about one-fourth … Read Full Article
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US Census Bureau Enables Support In 13 Languages
The US Census Bureau also offers libraries of census information and language support online in 59 non-English languages. The 2020 US Census is quickly approaching, and the US Census Bureau offers … Read Full Article
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California’s 2020 Census Campaign launches statewide TV ad
At least 75 outlets across the state’s 11 media markets will run the ad, which will air in the following languages: English, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Hmong, Cambodian, Vietnamese, Russian, Persian, … Read Full Article
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Where are Sacramento’s Asian and Pacific Islanders populations? There’s a map for that
A map that indicates the population size of Asian ethnic groups in different Sacramento-area census tracts is available online. It can be a guiding tool to designate language resources in various … Read Full Article
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Advocates Worry Coronavirus Could Impact California Census Count
Hmong Innovating Politics, another Sacramento-based group that was working on outreaching to specific hard to the Hmong community, has been doing informational door-to-door visits. They said they’ve … Read Full Article
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Bay Area Asian-American Leaders: Billions of Dollars at Stake in 2020 Census
To help mitigate this, groups like the United Way Bay Area will pass through millions of dollars in state grants to grass-roots community organizations that can conduct census outreach and education … Read Full Article
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Bay Area Asian-American Leaders Speak Out About Billions of Dollars at Stake in 2020 Census
To help mitigate this, groups like the United Way Bay Area will pass through millions of dollars in state grants to grass-roots community organizations that can conduct census outreach and education … Read Full Article
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‘HardCount’ Communities In Kansas City Wonder Why The Census Bureau Hasn’t Reached Out Sooner
In Kansas City, Kansas, the groups include Catholic Charities, El Centro and First Hmong Baptist Church. Gladden said the census doesn’t historically work on outreach during the ten years between the … Read Full Article
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Camp Fire and digital-first strategy could complicate census in Butte County
The Complete Count Committee, a local coalition charged with doing outreach for the census, has decided to fill that gap by sending its own postcards with census information in English, Spanish and … Read Full Article