The PAA/APC Government and Public Affairs Committee and PAA Committee on Population Statistics wants you to be aware of the Federal Register Notice regarding the U.S. Census Bureau's newly-proposed Post-Census Group Quarters Review (PCGQR). The review will ideally improve the use of census...
PAA Comments on Post-Census GQ Review 2022-01-13 FINAL.pdf
PAA and APC signed this Census Project letter urging Congress to provide the Census Bureau with no less than $1.4 billion in the final Fiscal Year 2022 Commerce, Justice, Science appropriations bill. The letter also urges the Congress to consider increasing the Bureau’s final figure above $1.4...
Testimony on behalf of PAA and APC Regarding the Fiscal Year 2022 Appropriations for the Census Bureau and National Science Foundation Submitted to the Senate Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies The Honorable Jean Shaheen, Chair and The...
PAA APC CJS FY 22 Senate testimony 6-21 FINAL.pdf
On Friday, May 28, during a meeting of the executive committee of the Federal Statistical Research Data Centers (FSRDCs), senior officials from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) announced an important policy change. Effective immediately, NCHS will make most of its data...
On April 28, the U.S. Census Bureau released a new set of “demonstration data” to help the data user community evaluate the latest update to the new Disclosure Avoidance System to enhance protection of 2020 Census redistricting. The demonstration data use previously released 2010 Census data...
On behalf of The Census Project (www.thecensusproject.org), a broad-based coalition of business, civic, human services, state and local government, and academic groups committed to supporting the U.S. Census Bureau’s mission to produce full, fair, complete, and accurate data, including data from...
On April 26, the U.S. Census Bureau announced the first major results from the 2020 Census — state population counts used to apportion se ats in the U.S. House of Representatives. The results included the following: The resident U.S. population (as of April 1, 2020) is 331,449,281...
PAA and APC have sent a letter to the Biden transition team regarding our priorities for the next Administration. This letter includes several sections including: Supporting the Population Sciences in the First 100 Days Recommendations for Agencies Supporting the Population Sciences ...
PAA APC Biden transition team letter 12-20.pdf
As the presidents of the Population Association of America (PAA) and the Association of Population Centers (APC), which together represent over 3,000 population scientists (i.e. demographers, economists, and sociologists), in the private, public, and academic sectors, we are disheartened by...
October 14, 2020 -- As the presidents of the Population Association of America (PAA) and the Association of Population Centers (APC), which together represent over 3,000 population scientists (i.e. demographers, economists, and sociologists), in the private, public, and academic sectors, we are...
statement on 2020 Census SCOTUS decision 10-14-20.pdf