Somebody take away Pat Buchanan's newspaper and disconnect his internet! The New York Times' Sam Roberts reports that by 2042 there will be more non-white people in the U.S. than white people. There will be more non-white people under 18 than white people in ...

The Washington Post's Christopher Lee flags a disconcerting bit of news first reported by the San Jose Mercury News: the U.S. Census Bureau will classify gay, married couples as "unmarried partners" in its 2010 census. There are more than 10,000 gay ...

The Washington Post's N.C. Aizenman lays out the problems that could result from a botched 2010 census. The Commerce Department's U.S. Census Bureau will not get the electronic hand-held devices they planned on by 2010, meaning that government employees will have to go door-to-door with pen and paper recording ...

Commerce Department Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez admitted yesterday that a plan to  digitize the collection of Census Bureau information is a bust. The Census Bureau gave $600 million given to Florida-based Harris Corp to make tiny, snazzy computers that would collect information from citizens who don’t fill out ...

The Bush Administration has proposed major cuts to the Census Bureau’s Survey on Income and Program Participation, or SIPP. SIPP tracks users of federal social programs, providing data about participation levels and effects on well-being of citizens who benefit from Medicaid, welfare payments, food stamps, and school lunch ...