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Nearly 6 Million Census Respondents Marked Their Ethnicity as ‘Canadian,’ StatCan Finds

Nearly 6 million respondents to Canada’s “2021 Census of Population” marked their ethnicity or cultural origins as “Canadian,” making it the most named of any ethnicity by census users, according to Statistics Canada figures released on May 10. Question 23 on Canada’s last long-form census asked respondents to identify the “ethnic or cultural origins” of…


India, Soon World’s Most Populous Nation, Doesn’t Know How Many People It Has

NEW DELHI—In two months, India is projected to become the world’s most populous country with over 1.4 billion people. But for at least a year, and possibly longer, the country won’t know how many people it has because it hasn’t been able to count them. India’s once-in-a-decade census, due in 2021 and delayed due to…


Less Than Half of England and Wales Population Is Christian: Census Data

The number of people identifying as Christian in England and Wales has fallen below half of the population for the first time. According to data released from the 2021 census, 46.2 percent of the population, or approximately 27.5 million people, describe themselves as Christian, a reduction of 13.1 percent since 2011 when the last census…


2020 Census Errors Affect Elections, Aid Blue States, Hurt Red States

Republican-leaning states have been shortchanged at least three congressional seats and electoral college votes because their population was undercounted in the 2020 census. Democrat-leaning states received at least one extra seat and vote due to census overcounts and kept at least two they should have lost, according to an analysis of Census Bureau’s post-census survey….


Huge ‘Mistake’ in 2020 Census That Cost Republicans 3 Electoral Votes For Next 10 Years | Facts Matter

Five months ago, the U.S. Census Bureau admitted that during the most recent census, they miscounted the populations in 14 different states. Notably, they under-counted the populations in six states—Texas, Florida, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Illinois—while simultaneously overcounting the populations in eight states—Hawaii, Delaware, Rhode Island, Minnesota, New York, Massachusetts, Ohio, and Utah. When digging…


Census Bureau Admits Overcounting 7 Blue States, Just 1 Red State

Commentary In a shocking report, the U.S. Census Bureau recently admitted that it overcounted the populations of eight states and undercounted the populations of six states in the 2020 census. All but one of the states overcounted is a blue state, and all but one of the undercounted states is red. Those costly errors will distort congressional…


Top Trump Administration Official Lied Under Oath on Adding Citizenship Question to Census: Documents

A top official in the administration of former President Donald Trump was untruthful while testifying on adding a citizenship question to the Census, according to documents released July 20 by a top Democrat. Wilbur Ross, the secretary of Commerce during the Trump administration, told a congressional panel in 2018 that the move to place the…


Roommates, Multi-Generational Homes Rising Amid Increasing Costs, Immigration: Census

When Gina Athanasiou’s father died in 2016, she realized her mother, who bounced between Canada and Greece for most of her life, didn’t have a pension large enough to cover the soaring costs of a Toronto home. The solution? Athanasiou, a real estate agent, invited her mother to move into the East York home she…


Canadian Incomes Went up in 2020 Amid Uptake of Pandemic Benefits: Census Data

It was March 2020, just before the first lockdowns of the COVID-19 pandemic, and Ottawa resident Stephanie Fortin had recently lost her full-time retail job. As soon as businesses closed their doors in compliance with public health measures, it became near-impossible for Fortin to find work. So she applied for the Canada Emergency Response Benefit,…


Census Bureau Sued Over ‘Intrusive’ Annual Survey Questions

Two U.S. citizens have filed a class-action lawsuit against the Census Bureau, claiming the long, detailed American Community Survey the agency requires millions to fill out each year is illegal. The lawsuit comes as the U.S. Census Bureau comes under fire for significant miscounts in the 2020 Census, with population numbers in six states being…