The bureau -- defining a minority as anyone who is not "single race white" and "not Hispanic" -- released estimates on Thursday showing that 50.4% of children younger than 1 were minorities as of July 1, 2011, up from 49.5% from the 2010 Census taken in April 2010.
As well as the census, 2010 will see another attempt to tackle the immigration dossier.
When Mr Obama nominated Mr Gregg, black and Hispanic Democrats complained that he could not be trusted to run a fair census in 2010.
The Census API, which pulls from the American Community Survey and the 2010 Census, has yielded an unprecedented level of interest from citizen developers.
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According to the 2010 Census, 308.7 million people resided in the United States on April 1, 2010, of which 50.5 million (or 16 percent) were of Hispanic or Latino origin.
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While it doesn't exactly come as a surprise given recent developments, Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez has now told a House subcommittee that the Census Bureau will in fact be ditching its much-ballyhooed PDAs in favor of paper and pencil for the 2010 census.
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The 2010 census showed that Chicago had shrunk by 200, 000 people in the past decade.
The 2010 Census will also kick off the dramatic political spectacle that is reapportionment.
Redistricting following the 2010 census put the two congressmen in the same and the primary.
According to the 2010 census, the unmarried partner population numbered 7.7 million, up 41% since 2000.
Between the 2000 and 2010 Census, Loudoun County's white population dropped from 83% to 69%.
In the 2010 census some 51% of Brazilians defined themselves as black or brown.
The approved measures established a nonpartisan commission to redraw legislative maps based on the 2010 census.
The 2010 Census count shows how the U.S. population has grown and shifted over the last decade.
The 2010 census added two additional representatives, giving the Sunshine State a total of 29 Electoral College votes.
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But the Republican senator later dropped out because of opposition to the president's stimulus plan and issues involving the 2010 census.
Sacramento, California is listed as one of the 25 cities that shifted to more than 50% rentals in the 2010 census.
Throughout much of the South, the number of same-sex couples living together increased in the 2010 census, especially in metropolitan areas.
New York City challenged the official 2010 census count of its population at less than 8.2 million, saying it was too low.
Many liberals ascribe it to the redistricting that followed the 2010 Census.
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While better known for its Indian community, Jersey City boasts New Jersey's largest Filipino population, with 16, 200 inhabitants, according to the 2010 Census.
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The Commerce Department is adding more than 1 million jobs in preparation of the 2010 census, and other federal agencies are hiring as well.
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For the first time since becoming a state 155 years ago, California will not gain, and may actually lose, congressional representation after the 2010 census.
Pundits predicted an end to his political career at the time, pointing to previous ethics problems and the potential of redistricting after the 2010 census.
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The Obama campaign had the best model out there, using a combination of the 2010 census and a 1.5 year long ground game in battleground states.
It is those statehouses which will be acting on the 2010 census data to redistrict Congressional seats which means, to maximize their safe seats in Congress.
Those in power after the 2010 Census will have enormous clout: they, together with the local legislatures, will be in charge of redrawing the boundaries of congressional districts.
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That will help the Republicans in redistricting after the 2010 Census, particularly in states with increasing or shrinking populations and therefore districts to be gained or lost in Congress.
The Hispanic out-of-wedlock rate, which has been measured for a much shorter period, was below 40% in 1990 and stands at more than 50% as of the 2010 census.
But the Obama administration seems to have committed a greater sin in the eyes of the American public: sending us a piece of paper with ten questions for the 2010 Census.
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