Category Archives: Measuring America

The Future of Producing Social and Economic Statistical Information, Part III

Posted on October 18, 2011 by briana

Written by: Director Robert Groves My last posts addressed how the changing world of economic units and households is diminishing the effectiveness of our current methods and increasing their costs, at a time of great fiscal pressure. This post comments … Continue reading →

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Estimating the Size of a Small Population

Posted on September 28, 2011 by briana

Written by: Director Robert Groves Let me tell you a wonderful story, a statistical detective story of sorts. During the summer, you may have seen statistics released from the 2010 Census Summary File 1 on same-sex couple unmarried partner households. … Continue reading →

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The Future of Producing Social and Economic Statistical Information, Part I

Posted on September 8, 2011 by briana

Written by: Director Robert Groves The Census Bureau produces a vast array of statistical information used by governments and businesses to inform decisions that affect everyone’s lives. It designs the surveys, collects the data, processes the completed questionnaires, and produces … Continue reading →

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New Evaluations of the 2010 Census

Posted on August 26, 2011 by briana

Written by: Director Robert Groves We held a press conference to review latest updates on evaluating the 2010 Census. As usual we separated our remarks into process indicators (how well the data collection went), from comparisons of different ways to … Continue reading →

Posted in Measuring America | Tagged 2010 Census, Medicare | 1 Comment

Tracking the Economy, Adapting to the Changing IT Infrastructure of American Business

Posted on July 19, 2011 by briana

Written by: Director Robert Groves Our name, the Census Bureau, suggests only the decennial census of population to many. However, we have more individual statistical programs that measure the economy than those measuring the population. From the Census Bureau, the … Continue reading →

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