The U.S. Census Bureau is ending all counting efforts for the 2020 census on Sept. 30, a month sooner than previously announced, the bureau’s director confirmed Monday in a statement. That includes critical door-knocking efforts and collecting responses online, over the phone and by mail. The latest updates to the bureau’s plans are part Read more…
The event held in San Bernardino hosted representatives from dozens of local organizations involved in the census. Dr. Karthick Ramakrishnan is a professor of public policy and political science at the University of California, Riverside and director of the Inland Empire Census Complete Count Committee. He says the Inland Empire Read more…
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are the fastest-growing racial groups in the country, and the 2020 census is expected to reflect continued rapid population gains among these populations. Yet at the same time, the U.S. Census Bureau’s research has shown Asian Americans are the racial group least familiar with the Read more…
IN 2020, one of the most important endeavors for city leaders will be to encourage participation in the U.S. Census, which takes place April 1. “The City of Fontana is 100 percent committed to working with all of our community stakeholders to ensure a complete and accurate count in the Read more…
Young voters and Latinos are driving civic engagement to new heights in the Inland Empire, but a lot of work that remains to be done. That is the major thrust of a comprehensive report on civic engagement in the Inland Empire, which our Center for Social Innovation released this past Read more…
When Census 2020 is done and dusted, Fontana is poised to emerge as the new most populous city in San Bernardino County, replacing the city of San Bernardino, which has long held that distinction and prestige as the county seat. The latest census estimate as of July 1, 2018, shows San Bernardino’s Read more…
Miguel Sandoval remembers his mother telling him to hide in a bedroom in 2000, when U.S. Census takers came knocking on their door. Sandoval was a child then. He isn’t hiding any more. The Perris resident and U.S. citizen, 31, showed up on a recent Sunday for a training session Read more…
Community organizations, government officials and educators came together last week to form the Inland Empire Complete Count Committee, which will spread awareness about the 2020 census, particularly where responses to census survey requests via mail have been far below average. The committee could have its work cut out for itself, however. Read more…
Census 2020: Los Angeles County’s loss could be the Inland Empire’s gain in 2021 redistricting A reshuffling of political representation in favor of the Inland Empire and to the detriment of Los Angeles County could be in order following the 2020 census, according to a new report from a Southern Read more…
County Supervisors Preside Over IE Complete Count Committee, Appoint Director With the 2020 census on the horizon, Riverside and San Bernardino counties have taken a historic step in partnering to form the Inland Empire Complete Count Committee, a leadership body designed to boost census participation for an accurate count… More Read more…