The city of Milwaukee on Tuesday joined the ranks of other major cities that are challenging their 2020 census figures, claiming that the once-a-decade U.S. head count which determines political power and federal funding undercounted the city’s true population by 16,500 people.
Tag: Census
Posted inFact briefs
Can Wisconsin redraw its legislative and congressional maps before the next census?
Yes. In League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled there are no provisions in the Constitution or federal law prohibiting states from redrawing their congressional or legislative maps at any time. However, they must redistrict at least every 10 years after the national census is completed.
Posted inGovernment
The census pushed people into strict racial categories for 200 years. A new approach reveals Wisconsin’s racial complexity and diversity.
The number of people who identified as multiracial in the U.S. census increased 245% statewide between 2010 and 2020.
Posted inEconomy
‘Home is here’: Northeast Wisconsin’s surge in diversity forged by opportunity, grit and inclusion
The region’s Hispanic, Black, Asian and Indigenous communities boomed over the past decade.
Posted inGovernment
Counting Wisconsin: What you should know about the 2020 Census
With political power and a share of $675 billion in federal funding on the line, civic groups are trying to make sure that Wisconsinites get counted.
Posted inEconomy, Government, Rural Slide
A young mayor strives to rebuild jobs lost in paper mills
In Wood County, where almost half of the paper industry jobs disappeared during the past decade, local leaders are using a regional approach to boost existing industries. Part two of three in the Center’s Rural Slide series.
Posted inEconomy, Government, Rural Slide
Would young people stay in rural area for mining jobs?
In Iron County, which lost one of every seven residents from 2000 to 2010, residents say a controversial taconite mine may be the only way to reverse devastating population loss. Part one of three in the Center’s Rural Slide series.
Posted inWisWatch Blog
New census data: 20 rural Wisconsin counties lost population in a decade
In the 1990s, only Milwaukee County lost residents. In the aughts, Milwaukee County gained residents. But rural counties lost them — part of a larger Midwestern pattern, according to a University of Wisconsin-Madison news release from today based on just-released Wisconsin census data.