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...could know the truth anyway? Estimates of the number of homeless people have ranged from 300,000 to 3 million. There may never be an accurate national figure: for the first time, this year census takers tried to include the street people in their count, but some advocates fear that the tallies could be too low by as much as 70%. No city is typical. In Norfolk, Va., 81% of homeless people are thought to be families with children; in Minneapolis, 76% are single men, according to the 1989 Conference of Mayors Survey. Nationwide, anywhere from one-half...
Brokers then cast a wide net. They might draw on Census Bureau data, which are available to the public, to identify geographical areas where homes fall into the targeted price range. They can tap into lists from major compilers, like Donnelley Marketing of Stamford, Conn., whose data base details the buying habits of 80 million households, or into various computerized systems that identify neighborhoods by consumer behavior. They might pay credit agencies like TRW of Cleveland and Equifax Inc. of Atlanta to draw up sophisticated demographic models, consumer profiles and potential customer lists. A thorough computer sorting of all these...
Question 1 would abolish the state census--a relic from bygone days used to set up districts for state posts. Every other state in the U.S. now uses the federal census for this purpose. In a more prosperous era, it might make sense to preserve the census, which provides a valuable source of information about the makeup of the state. But given today's economic climate, the $10 million that will go into the 1995 census could probably be put to better use. We support a YES vote on Question...
This proposed constitutional amendment would repeal the constitutional provision that a state census be taken and used as the basis for determining state representative, senatorial and councillor districts. The proposed constitutional amendment would provide that the federal census shall be the basis for determining such districts...
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 3 million children live with their grandparents, a 50% jump over the past decade. Of those, 882,000 live in homes where a parent is not present. While multigenerational households have long been common to working-class neighborhoods and to African-American and Hispanic communities of any income level, the phenomenon now cuts across race and class lines. Such arrangements are most prevalent in the nation's inner cities, where drug addiction and teenage pregnancy run high. But among white middle-class grandparents -- a group that traditionally has treasured its independence -- an ever-increasing...