tag | Census

October 25, 2021 | 6:05 PM

State redistricting panel is now on deadline to draft its first map

“Now that the five-member LRC has usable Census data, it has three months to submit its first map.”

By Sam Dunklau
October 14, 2021 | 3:48 PM

Communities of color want to be ‘stewards,’ not ‘victims’ of Pa. redistricting plans

Legal experts have warned the state’s Legislative Redistricting Commission that new maps unfairly splitting those communities up could violate federal law.

By Sam Dunklau
September 30, 2021 | 4:27 PM

Latino political power, health, future examined at statewide convention

Mental health, education, poverty and other issues were tackled.

By Anthony Orozco

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September 30, 2021 | 12:56 PM

The 2nd-largest racial group in the U.S. is ‘Some other race.’ Most are Latino

Nearly 50 million people identified with a mysterious, catchall category on the 2020 census. Researchers say that will make it harder to use the data to address racial inequities over the next decade.

By Hansi Lo Wang/NPR
August 30, 2021 | 11:08 AM

The census has revealed a more multiracial U.S. One reason? Cheaper DNA tests

Genetic ancestry tests, changes to how census responses were categorized and more children born to parents who identify with different racial groups led to a 276% jump in the multiracial population.

By Hansi Lo Wang/NPR
August 20, 2021 | 11:17 AM

State College plans to request a census recount, suspecting a pandemic-related undercount

The Borough of State College is listed as having about 1,500 fewer residents than in 2010 in new 2020 population data the Census Bureau released last week.

By Min Xian/WPSU
August 18, 2021 | 11:12 AM

4 takeaways from new Pa. census data and what it means for redistricting

The 5-member panel that draws new state House and Senate maps will have to consider how to evenly distribute Pennsylvania’s shifting population.

By Sarah Anne Hughes/Spotlight PA
August 15, 2021 | 7:30 AM

Census data puts target on rural, Rust Belt House districts

Rural areas in Pennsylvania showed population losses, as did some of their cities.

By David Lieb/The Associated Press
August 13, 2021 | 7:38 AM

What the new census data shows about race depends on how you look at it

Growing numbers of people in the U.S. are reporting on census forms that they identify with more than one racial group. But they’re often hidden in breakdowns of the country’s demographics.

By Connie Hanzhang Jin, Ruth Talbot and Hansi Lo Wang/NPR
August 12, 2021 | 5:58 PM

U.S. Census data drop puts Pa. lawmakers closer to drawing the state’s new political boundaries

Once state-appointed experts have combed through the new detailed population counts from last year’s census, lawmakers will have what they need to officially start the once-a-decade process.

By Sam Dunklau
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