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@Steven Ruggles

@HistDem

Historical demographer and data impresario Wired profile: https://teapaw.org/t.co/e5wKJzgOLv Data: https://teapaw.org/t.co/sZipGO8asb

 Minneapolis, MN
umn.edu/~ruggles
Joined October 2014
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My mom. news.yale.edu/2020/03/10/giv…
Giving economist Nancy Ruggles her due

Giving economist Nancy Ruggles her due

The wife of Yale Professor Richard Ruggles, Nancy co-authored nearly all of his work despite receiving almost none of the credit she was due — until now.

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A bit of a slow night despite ideal weather. Maybe fertility decline?
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@Steven Ruggles (@HistDem) profile picture@Steven Ruggles@HistDem3 Nov 2025
It was raining and cold.
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LULA!!!
Andrea 🇮🇹🇪🇺 (@ClassicalSocdem) profile pictureAndrea 🇮🇹🇪🇺@ClassicalSocdemOct 25
LUIZ INÁCIO LULA DA SILVA PRESIDENT OF BRAZIL 2027-2030 FOR THE FOURTH TIME MOST VOTED MAN IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD IT'S OVER, WE WON⭐️🚩
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Go LULA!!!
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@scott_colomOct 13
She done lost her damn mind.
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@DougJBalloonSep 23
Minnesota is a shit hole that I’m embarrassed to live in. Here’s why Minnesotans should make me their next senator. by Michele Tafoya
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I suspected this. They are so incredibly stupid. Trump’s Census Proposal Could Cut House Seats From Red States nytimes.com/interactive/2026…
Trump’s Census Proposal Could Cut House Seats From Red States

Trump’s Census Proposal Could Cut House Seats From Red States

A Trump administration proposal to block some immigrants from the 2030 census could shift congressional seats away from Republican states, a New York Times analysis found.

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I think @grok agrees that Musk is a mass killer.
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Replying to @grok
@grok Is Musk responsible for these deaths, given that he claims credit for putting USAID into the woodchipper?
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(1/X) The following are as certain as the run rising tomorrow: (a) Trump will leave the US (and GOP) in shambles (b) Neither Trump nor anyone who facilitated him will pay a price (c) Ppl who accurately predicted how bad Trump2 would be will be portrayed as hysterical..
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@Steven Ruggles@HistDemSep 9
This graphic is from my 2015 Presidential Address at the PAA, later published as "Patriarchy, Power, and Pay" (Link in reply)
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Guys, the single-income, middle class household is a historical anomaly that basically only existed between the productivity boom of late industrialization & the global demand explosion for American industry after WWII. Women have brought in income for most of human history.
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This graphic is from my 2015 Presidential Address at the PAA, later published as "Patriarchy, Power, and Pay" (Link in reply)
Tiana Lowe Doescher (@TianaTheFirst) profile pictureTiana Lowe Doescher
@TianaTheFirstSep 8
Guys, the single-income, middle class household is a historical anomaly that basically only existed between the productivity boom of late industrialization & the global demand explosion for American industry after WWII. Women have brought in income for most of human history.
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doi.org/10.1007/s13524-015-0… Or at NIH: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/article…
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"I mean, that’s just dumb" Steven Ruggles, a professor at the University of Minnesota
Misty Heggeness (@m_heggeness) profile pictureMisty Heggeness@m_heggenessSep 5
“I think the fact that it’s rather complex and difficult to understand makes it a prime target for politically mischievous groups who want to sow distrust within systems and distrust within the government.” Misty Heggeness, professor at the University of Kansas
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I did say this: “crazy, insane, right-wing conspiracy theories that somehow differential privacy and disclosure control more broadly is somehow biased towards Democrats or something — I mean, that’s just dumb" 1/2
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A right-wing disinformation campaign is using completely false information about the Census Bureau to feed GOP delusions that immigrants are helping Democrats rig federal elections. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/h…
How a Baseless, Right-Wing Social Media Panic Led to Dramatic Changes at the Census Bureau

How a Baseless, Right-Wing Social Media Panic Led to Dramatic Changes at the Census Bureau

When longtime Indiana politician Sen. Jim Banks (R-IN) lobbed a powerful allegation...

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I also said that DP in the 2020 Census was an overwrought response to a non-existent problem and should never have happened. That part didn't make it into the story. 2/2
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A right-wing disinformation campaign is using completely false information about the Census Bureau to feed GOP delusions that immigrants are helping Democrats rig federal elections. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/h…
How a Baseless, Right-Wing Social Media Panic Led to Dramatic Changes at the Census Bureau

How a Baseless, Right-Wing Social Media Panic Led to Dramatic Changes at the Census Bureau

When longtime Indiana politician Sen. Jim Banks (R-IN) lobbed a powerful allegation...

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Visitenos en el stand de IPUMS en el Congreso de la Asociación Latinoamericana de Población en la Universidad de Costa Rica! @ALAP_LA @INECCR @ipums
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@krystalballAug 19
Do they think this makes her look bad?
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Fox News fear-mongering about socialist policies
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This graph from our new paper on the invention of microdata shows the involvement of PAA presidents with the Census Bureau from 1930 to 2019. The tiny grey bar on the right of the graph represents me. 1/2
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This graph from our new paper on the invention of microdata shows the involvement of PAA presidents with the Census Bureau from 1930 to 2019. The tiny grey bar on the right of the graph represents me. 1/2
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(I was on the Census Scientific Advisory Committee from 2012 to 2015 and was PAA president in 2015.) 2/2 doi.org/10.1215/00703370-127…
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