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The Census Bureau is dropping its use of the word “Negro†to describe black Americans in surveys, the Associated Press reports. Census forms will now use “black†or “African-American.” The change ...

Person 1 — that’s me. After reading the form that arrived this week from the U.S. Census Bureau, I’m feeling a little lonely. I also know that my just-the-facts census sheet is a deceiving picture of ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - If you think we had to answer too many questions for the 2020 census, you’re in for a surprise. In 1950, a total of 38 possible questions could be asked. However, this was a decrease ...