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More delayed data.
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Jed Kolko retweeted
The 2030 census is in trouble due to unprecedented political interference. It's four years off, and you may be wondering, why should we care about this now? Here are some answers. #2030census #census countofcounting.substack.com…
Jed Kolko retweeted
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Jed Kolko retweeted
The U.S. Census Bureau’s watchdog already has some concerns about what took place this summer in Huntsville, Alabama and Spartanburg, South Carolina during the first on-the-ground test of methods that will be used for the 2030 census: countofcounting.substack.com…
Jed Kolko retweeted
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"Exclusive: Census Bureau Directs Staff to Keep Quiet During Comment Period for Controversial New Rule"
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/e… via @TPM
Political encroachment in statistical methods for political goals undermines confidence in the entire statistical system.
That could hurt funding, response rates, and retention of expert staff, further degrading data quality.
Read more at @PIIE
piie.com/blogs/realtime-econ…
Jed Kolko retweeted
The top 20% of households got more than half (52.4%) of all income in 2025. That share has been rising gradually over time.
Jed Kolko retweeted
New Census data: Median household income, adjusted for inflation, rose 2.6 percent in 2025, to $87,460.
The poverty rate (as measured by the supplemental poverty measure) held steady at 13.1 percent.
Jed Kolko retweeted
SPARTANBURG, SOUTH Carolina residents were confused by the U.S. Census Bureau’s just-ended 2026 census test. Others thought the questions were too intrusive. Several thought the test was both confusing and meddlesome: countofcounting.substack.com…
Much more in my @PIIE blogpost, which was written before the scientific integrity order change (#3 above) was publicly known and when today’s proposal (#4) was a leaked draft.
piie.com/blogs/realtime-econ…
This proposed change to the 2030 Census is neither random nor a one-off.
It is part of a recent pattern of political involvement in Census and the statistical system.
Details: xitter.cf/jedkolko/status/209801…
