Dealing a serious blow to congressional supporters of statistical sampling, a panel of Census Bureau experts Thursday recommended against using the controversial method for producing redistricting ...

Prominent New York Democrats called on President-elect George W. Bush’s nominee for commerce secretary yesterday to use scientific sampling in the new census to correct what they predict will be a ...

While Republicans and Democrats in Congress continue high-stakes maneuvering over the 2000 census, Arizona has sent Washington a defiant message on what kind of numbers will — and will not — be ...

WASHINGTON — Splitting 5-4, the Supreme Court yesterday rejected the Clinton administration’s plan to use statistical sampling to make up for individuals who get overlooked in the 2000 census. The ...

Trying to count every one of the 260 million-plus people who reside in the United States is a literally impossible task. No matter how much time, money and effort the Census Bureau expends, it can ...

Stumping on his platform of "compassionate conservatism," George W. Bush reached out to minorities, promising over and over again that he would work hard to make sure every American has a voice. Mr.

WASHINGTON (AP) Commerce Secretary Don Evans stripped the Census Bureau on Friday from deciding whether to adjust the 2000 head count to protect against an undercount of minorities and the poor. Evans ...

Dec. 29, 2000 — -- Even before the Census Bureau released figures this week that will shuffle the number of seats many states have in Congress, Washington was roiling over a second set of numbers ...

Census 2000 failed to count 509,012 Californians, more than half of them in the Southland, according to a set of much-debated, statistically revised figures released Friday by the U.S. Census Bureau.

As Texas Gov. George W. Bush continues his presidential campaign’s outreach to minority voters this week, leaders of some civil rights organizations are becoming more critical of his cautious views ...