Well done Rhode Island — our congressional delegation remains a hard four! US News reports in “Census Surprise: Rhode Island Keeps Both US House Seats:” The state’s population increased by 4.3%, from about 1.05 million residents in the 2010 census to nearly 1.1 million in 2020, the agency reported. Demographers and political experts have been …
Due to the pandemic there has been some confusion concerning the U.S. Census . . . whether they are still hiring and what is the timeline. This notification comes from the Census Bureau: The U.S. Census is still hiring; jobs have been postponed due to the pandemic. Work will begin on or after July 1st. …
How many idiots in your household? That was a legitimate census question in 1840. Census materials from the 1700s to the present are on display now at the State Archives building downtown. ‘Count Me In’ runs through March 2020 and is free and open to the public. The timeline is fascinating but this wall text …
Imagine waking up one morning to discover that you had appeared on one of your favorite comedy shows. Meet Alan Gunther, library manager of the Smith Hill Library and star of the most recent installment of HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. [Watch the 17-minute segment now or the hamster thing won’t make any …
Attention residents of Providence County: You need to respond to the U.S. Census Test, the notice of which is in that envelope sitting in that pile on the kitchen table underneath that recipe you want to try and the permission slip for the field trip. (Or just go straight to the census website.) One unfortunate …