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Census redefines ‘rural’ and ‘urban,’ surprising some Illinois officials

With funding and grants potentially on the line, some village administrators aren’t sure what to expect in the years to come.

Chicago Sun-Times

How we told the story of ‘Little Chicago’

As Sun-Times journalists dug into 2020 U.S. census data about the city, we searched for the neighborhood that most closely reflected Chicago’s racial makeup. We found it on the Far North Side.

Chicago Sun-Times

LOCALIZE IT: Asian growth has been booming in US metros

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Telecommute culture takes root in Calif.

COVID-19 has transformed California’s workplace culture in ways researchers say will reverberate well beyond 2022

Salon

Census Bureau chief defends new privacy tool against critics

The U.S. Census Bureau’s chief is defending a new tool meant to protect the privacy of people participating in the agency’s questionnaires against calls to abandon it by prominent researchers and demographers

The Independent UK

Many patients can't afford health costs even with insurance

The number of Americans with health insurance has climbed to historic highs during the COVID-19 pandemic, but within that silver lining is a darker hue.

Tribune News Service

How did the COVID-19 pandemic change America, according to new Census data?

The percentage of people working from home tripled between 2019 and 2021, while housing got more expensive relative to income.

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The number of people working remotely tripled during COVID

17.9% of people primarily worked from home in 2021, compared with 5.7% in 2019, per new Census data.

Axios

Census meddling is targeted in bill, recommendations

Democratic lawmakers are intent on making sure that unprecedented efforts by the Trump administration to politicize the 2020 census never happen again

The Independent UK

Here’s how much money you need to make to be happy in Texas

Not everyone believes the saying, “money can’t buy happiness.” And for good reason.

Tribune News Service

Pay transparency laws raise women’s salaries (and slightly lower men’s)

The bestselling 2016 book “Hidden Figures,” later adapted into a popular film, told the story of Black female mathematicians who played an essential role in the U.S. space program in the 1950s and 1960s, but who faced racial discrimination and were paid less than their male counterparts.

Tribune News Service

New census figures show Illinois’ population change was actually a modest gain, but experts say warning signs remain

CHICAGO — Brooke Landrum came to Chicago from Cincinnati in 2016 to attend Loyola University, and after graduation she decided to stay and settle into the bustling Lakeview neighborhood.

Chicago Tribune

How Trump’s census plot might have cost red states

A new report from the US Census Bureau found that 14 states were significantly miscounted in the 2020 Census, including six by 4 percentage points or more

The Independent UK

Illinois undercounted in 2020 census, actually grew to 13 million — largest population ever

A U.S. Census Bureau report released Thursday shows rather than losing population, Illinois gained more than 250,000 residents between 2010 and 2020. That’s roughly the equivalent of not counting anyone in Aurora — Illinois’ second largest city — and the entire city of Decatur.

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No more gender pay gap? Young women earn more than men in Sacramento. Here’s why

The Sacramento, California region is one of the few places in the country where women under 30 earn more money than men, bucking the gender wage gap trend that remains pervasive across the United States.

The Independent UK

2022 best cities for freelancers

Using recent metro-area data from the U.S. Census Bureau and state-level data from the Federation of State Tax Administrators, NerdWallet’s list of the 10 best cities for freelancers includes places where housing and income taxes tended to be relatively more affordable, freelancer culture was vibrant and there were signs of…

The Independent UK

Detroit is largest city to challenge 2020 census numbers

Majority-Black Detroit has become the largest city to challenge its figures from the 2020 census following a national head count in which the U.S. Census Bureau acknowledges African Americans were undercounted

Chicago Sun-Times

In first for Amazon, NYC workers vote to unionize

The victory was an uphill battle for the independent group, made up of former and current workers who lacked official backing from an established union and were out-gunned by the deep-pocketed retail giant.

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Labor groups close in on Amazon in two tight union elections

Labor organizers always knew it would be tough to convince Amazon workers to unionize

The Independent UK

Amazon tries to stave off union drive on two fronts

Amazon is gearing up for its toughest labor fight yet

The Conversation

2020 census miscounted Americans – 4 questions answered

_The census conducted in the U.S. every 10 years is meant to count everyone. But it doesn’t actually count everyone.

The Independent UK

LOCALIZE IT: A guide to shaping U.S. Census data coverage

The pandemic has intensified ongoing population trends of recent years and created some new ones. New data released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau showed that, in the first full year of the pandemic, there was an exodus from the nation’s largest metros and rapid growth in Sunbelt metro areas.…

The Independent UK

In 1st full year of pandemic, biggest metros lost residents

In the first full year of the pandemic, the New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago metro areas had the greatest population losses in the nation

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