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What have been the most significant demographic shifts do to the remote work exodus and also economic crisis such as evictions. Do you think there will be a significant census impact based on class and demographic profile.
What have been the most significant demographic shifts do to the remote work exodus and also economic crisis such as evictions. Do you think there will be a significant census impact based on class and demographic profile.
The Census measures where you were living on April 1st. I don't think that it is going to reflect the true impact of the virus, because the virus was just beginning to take hold on that date.
The Census data collection is well over. In fact things finished quite early this year due to a Presidential order to wrap things up early, so I don't think there will be any impact.
I am concerned about the accounting around major universities. The online Census started just before large numbers of college students prematurely went back home to Mom and Dad, and much of the follow-up has been happening around the transition back to university (which is now boomeranging back again!). It may not affect the state as a whole, but I wonder if it could have significant impacts on individual communities.
I am concerned about the accounting around major universities. The online Census started just before large numbers of college students prematurely went back home to Mom and Dad, and much of the follow-up has been happening around the transition back to university (which is now boomeranging back again!). It may not affect the state as a whole, but I wonder if it could have significant impacts on individual communities.
I have thought the same thing. Many people are confused about where to report college students - at home or at school. (The answer is that on-campus residing students should be reported at their school location, for those who may not know) I think this year will increase that level of confusion since many students came home during the census and have stayed home through the count. Some small towns have universities in them that can be severely impacted by incorrect reporting of college students.
The census is basically a snapshot taken every 10-years to determine where things stand at that particular point in time - and how much it has changed since the last census. The Census can and has had a significant impact on voting districts and other socio-economic issues.
Apart from how things are measured, there are a number of societal trends that may well bring about far-reaching, long-term changes. The virus, for example, has clearly demonstrated that productivity and communications do not necessarily require office cubicles and packed meeting rooms. Likewise, the 2020 riots and Democratic-Socialist agenda in many large cities and states, is producing a migration of people (and tax-dollars) AWAY from these anti-American bastions. Also, one wonders if 'social distancing' and masks, brought-on by COVID-19, won't produce long-lasting changes in our 'super-crowd' mindset (sporting events, concerts, conventions, etc.).
The Census data collection is well over. In fact things finished quite early this year due to a Presidential order to wrap things up early, so I don't think there will be any impact.
Census workers are continuing to collect data through September.
It's not over yet.
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Originally Posted by RaleighSentinel
I am concerned about the accounting around major universities. The online Census started just before large numbers of college students prematurely went back home to Mom and Dad, and much of the follow-up has been happening around the transition back to university (which is now boomeranging back again!). It may not affect the state as a whole, but I wonder if it could have significant impacts on individual communities.
It's been well documented that students are supposed to identify where they go to college, if it's a different city than where their family lives. Of course, that probably got lost on a lot of people. I can see where the concern comes from. That said, I think that there's a certain amount of guesstimating that happens each Census year because they never get close to identifying 100% of residents. I heard that they look to other sources of data and triangulate information.
It won't. The so called exodus from major cities is overhyped.
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