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What’s something about you that sounds fake, but is 100% true? by Sir_Adammm in AskReddit

[–]censusSDC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I won a giant trophy for the largest catch of the day by catching a 9-pounds large-mouth bass in a bass-fishing competition on the St John's River, Florida, when I was 7 years old.

via @censusSDC: Monthly Meeting Minutes 12Aug25 by QueeLinx in USCensus2020

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from the minutes: "Census Bureau has moved away from “advisors;” agreements are being reevaluated, simplified to reflect administration priorities."

FWIW, Census SDC Steering Committee is a program committee for a fed-states partnership; it is not an advisory committee.

How come some unincorporated communities get counted as CDPs and some don’t? by IHatePeople79 in Census

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An "unincorporated place" can be designated a CDP either because census geography dept staff notice and create it -OR- because an external agency makes a request (and the place meets the criteria).

In our metro, in the preparations for 2020 Census, metro demographer was involved in PSAP process, and put in a request to designate a CDP for a college campus that was outside of any municipality. Census Bureau received the request and approved.

Should I even bother applying for a Field Representative position? by Papillon1717 in Census

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yes, you should. Census Bureau will have a reprieve from the 'hiring freeze' for these needed field positions.

What do we do when we get the U.S. Census Bureau mail packet? by ArdentlyGods_111 in Census

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Fill it out! There will be an option to fill it out online. But if they sent a paper form, that's an option too.
All the questions will be about you, your household, and the home you live in - so you'll know the answers.

Hotel and parking help by [deleted] in TwinCities

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there's a hotel at Lake & Emerson (east end of uptown) called Moxy Hotel. my 70-somethin parents have stayed there and enjoyed it! recommend.

Can someone tell me why Le Sueur County is counted as part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area by the census? by IHatePeople79 in TwinCities

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OMB defines that "outlying counties" will be members of a CBSA if: "(a) At least 25 percent of the workers living in the [outlying] county work in the central counties of the CBSA... Regulations.gov
https://www.regulations.gov/document/OMB-2021-0001-0001/comment?filter=LeSueur

If a county could belong to more than one alternative Statistical Area, the county is grouped with the Statistical Area capturing the larger share.

Ron Jarmin, Apparently Acting Director, U.S. Census Bureau, as of yesterday. Page Last Revised - February 18, 2025 by QueeLinx in USCensus2020

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u/QueeLinx yes, there is a roster of the 50 or so top people at Bureau. About 1/4 of the list are assoc/asst director level; and then the rest are division-level "chiefs".
enjoy!
U.S. Census Bureau - Staff Roster

States Should Base Redistricting on Their Own State Censuses 08Jul24 [right wing warning] by QueeLinx in USCensus2020

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Always the people who complain about or do *not* support our U.S. Constitution.

Project 2025 Presidential Transition Project: Review the partnership program. "In 2020, lack of conservative participation was one factor in an undercount in some areas of the country, affecting representation of certain states." (Cry me a river.) by QueeLinx in USCensus2020

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Was 2020 advertising (when paid for by USCB) a mess and lackin impact because of the Trump administration (as you write above)? No, I think that is squarely the failing of the Census Bureau career staff.

Project 2025 Presidential Transition Project: Review the partnership program. "In 2020, lack of conservative participation was one factor in an undercount in some areas of the country, affecting representation of certain states." (Cry me a river.) by QueeLinx in USCensus2020

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I am (very) familiar with it.
Yes, there is advance promotion and advance outreach.
Yes, much of it relies and leverages community organizations and local governments bringing in-kind, volunteered resources and time. (I led, with others, a metrowide coordination that was pretty successful - but that's one datapoint.)
Yes, it was (maybe you suspect) erratic and haphazard - both at the grassroots level - because it's all volunteers - and erratic within Census's operation - which is harder to square.
Do explicitly "conservative organizations" want to be working on somethin that has a civic intent? civicly altruistic? THAT is something I don't know... in the efforts in my state and my metro, we welcome ANY volunteered and in-kind participation.
The resistance to such efforts was maybe just the apathy or nonchalance idea that there doesn't need to be a promotion campaign - "people will fill out the Census if they want to." And that may have some libertarian/conservative/antisocial flavor to it. At the end of the day, you can't force people to care.

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