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Bureau of the Census

Constitutionality of Excluding Aliens from the Census for Apportionment and Redistricting Purposes

Posted Wed, 01/20/2010 - 01:00

In the 2010 decennial census, the Census Bureau will attempt to count the total population of the United States. This includes, as in previous censuses, all U.S. citizens, lawfully present aliens, and unauthorized aliens. Some have suggested excluding aliens, particularly those who are in the country unlawfully, from the census count, in part so that they would not be included in the data used to apportion House seats among the states and determine voting districts within them.

Older Workers: Employment and Retirement Trends

Posted Wed, 09/16/2009 - 00:00

As the members of the "baby boom" generation--people born between 1946 and 1964--approach retirement, the demographic profile of the U.S. workforce will undergo a substantial shift as a large number of older workers will be joined by relatively few new entrants to the labor force. According to the Census Bureau, there will be 204 million Americans aged 25 or older in 2010. By 2030, this number will increase by 23% to more than 251 million. Most of this growth will occur among people aged 65 and older.

Service The 2010 Decennial Census: Background and Issues

Posted Mon, 04/27/2009 - 00:00

On Census Day, April 1, 2010, the Bureau of the Census will fulfill the constitutional mandate for an enumeration of the U.S. population every 10 years. The Bureaus task has been summarized with deceptive simplicity: count each person whose usual residence is in the United States; count the person only once; and count him or her at the right location. In reality, the attempt to find all U.S. residents and correctly enumerate them using mail-out, mail-back census forms is increasingly complicated and expensive, and has attracted congressional scrutiny.

Retirement Savings and Household Wealth: A Summary of Recent Data

Posted Wed, 04/08/2009 - 00:00

Pension analysts refer to Social Security, employer-sponsored retirement plans, and personal savings as the "three-legged stool" of retirement income, but for some workers at least one of the legs is missing. Many workers fail to save adequately for retirement and many are not covered by an employer-sponsored retirement plan. Data from the Federal Reserve Board's Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF) indicate that only 58% of households with an employed head or spouse between the ages of 21 and 64 included at least one worker who participated in an employer-sponsored retirement plan in 2001.