…all of the region’s 1,572 U.S. Census tracts by race and income in order to quantify areas of high segregation. It identifies 164 census tracts, primarily in the urban core,…
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Are Santa Clara County’s American Indians disappearing?
The 2020 census shows a 20% decrease in American Indians across Santa Clara County, perplexing city officials and fueling advocates’ concerns. For some, the decrease – which amounts to over…
Posted inCalifornia Currents
Income inequality rises in California. In some counties, the disparities are extreme
…money. That’s one takeaway of an analysis of U.S.Census Bureau data by the California Budget and Policy Center (CBPC), which found a widening gap between the state’s haves and have-nots….
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Birds of a feather get counted together as volunteers fan out for early-winter census
…Audubon Society, with over 120 years of community science volunteers, the early-winter bird census involves thousands of people across several countries who go out over a 24-hour period to count…
Posted inAging News
Column: By 2050, 17% of world’s population will be over 65. Policy changes needed now.
…has said the number of people 60 or older will more than double from 2015 to 2050, from 900 million to 2 billion. U.S. Census Bureau projections said there were…
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Goats per County
Did you know there’s a goat census? And this census doesn’t just count goats. Every five years the Department of Agriculture conducts a livestock census to get an accurate count…
Posted inCalifornia Currents
‘We need the food that we lost’: Low-income families still reeling from blackouts
…of census tracts touched by PG&E’s power outage that began on Oct. 26 and in some cases lasted through Oct. 31. CalMatters’ analysis found that one in 10 residents and…
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Blacks disproportionately homeless in California
…according to the homeless census, also known as the Point-in-Time Count. And across the state, the U.S. Census shows about 6.5 percent of Californians identify as black or African American,…
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Marin County bans rent increases in some communities through end of this year
The Marin County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously voted to adopt an emergency ordinance barring rent increases in specific census tracts in the county. The emergency ordinance encompasses census…
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How redistricting could shift political power for San Jose neighborhoods
…COVID-19 delays the Census, it would also delay any potential redistricting in San Jose. “In terms of the Census, is there concern of this? There’s absolute concern that people aren’t…