Young Children and the Census

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A More Meaningful Comparison of the 2010 and 2020 Census Estimates of Net Undercoverage of Young Children

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A More Meaningful Comparison of the 2010 and 2020 Census Estimates of Net Undercoverage of Young Children

| May 2022

The Census Bureau recently released 2020 Census Demographic Analysis (DA) estimates of the net undercount of young children (ages 0… READ MORE

Analysis of Census Bureau’s March 2022 Differential Privacy Demonstration Product: Implications for Data on Young Children

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Analysis of Census Bureau’s March 2022 Differential Privacy Demonstration Product: Implications for Data on Young Children

| May 2022

The U.S. Census Bureau is using a new method called differential privacy (DP) to help protect confidentiality and privacy of… READ MORE

Counting Young Children in the U.S. Census – Important Differences Between 2010 and 2020

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Counting Young Children in the U.S. Census – Important Differences Between 2010 and 2020

| April 2022

This report was originally posted by The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. The high net undercount of young children… READ MORE

Use of the American Community Survey Data by State Child Advocacy Organizations

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Use of the American Community Survey Data by State Child Advocacy Organizations

| March 2022

The U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS) has become a critical element in the U.S. statistical infrastructure. One important… READ MORE

New Census Bureau Data Show Young Children Have a High Net Undercount in the 2020 Census

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New Census Bureau Data Show Young Children Have a High Net Undercount in the 2020 Census

| March 2022

On March 10, 2022, the U.S. Census Bureau released some of the primary metrics needed to evaluate the quality of… READ MORE

Many Young Children of Color are Clustered in Census Tracts Where 2020 Census Self-Response Rates are Likely to be Problematic

Young Children and the Census

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Many Young Children of Color are Clustered in Census Tracts Where 2020 Census Self-Response Rates are Likely to be Problematic

| January 2022

The best data on the quality of 2020 Census count of young children will not be available until the fall… READ MORE

Young Children and the Census