Word: censuses
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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When they return from Spring Break, Harvard students will take part in the 1990 census which will pay special attention to the accuracy count of students, the poor, illegal immigrants and-for the first time-the homeless...
According to figures cited by Rouse, the 1980 census reported that 13 million Americans earn less than $10,000 a year, and between one-third and one-half of the homeless are working full-time or part-time...
This procedural change means more than a movement on the calendar. California is the most populous state in the nation, meaning it has the most electoral votes. After Congressional districts are redrawn to reflect the results of the 1990 census, California will likely see its representation increased even more...
...recent legal history is on the plaintiffs' side. Ever since the 1980 census pointed up the disparity between Hispanics' growing numbers in the U.S. and their lack of political representation, Latino groups have pushed the Justice Department to bring -- and win -- a series of cases similar to the L.A. County suit. Such actions have prompted the redrawing of state and congressional districts in Illinois and Texas. "Should we win this case, our community will get a big psychological boost," says Antonia Hernandez, president and general counsel of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, a party to the suit...
...many homeless people are there in America? Who are they? On the night of March 20, the U.S. Census Bureau will try to find out with a nationwide sweep of shelters, public parks, subways and sidewalk heating grates. Enumerators -- the bureaucratic euphemism for headcounters -- have been warned not to search parked cars or Dumpsters and not to enter abandoned buildings; nor may they question people who are sleeping or obviously disoriented...