Prominent New York Democrats called on President-elect George W. Bush’s nominee for commerce secretary yesterday to use scientific sampling in the new census to correct what they predict will be a ...

Try dropping the words "statistical sampling" while in conversation with a Republican politician and watch the sizzle. Why does such a nerdy blending of adjective and noun inflame GOP lawmakers like ...

Dealing a serious blow to congressional supporters of statistical sampling, a panel of Census Bureau experts Thursday recommended against using the controversial method for producing redistricting ...

The Supreme Court agreed Friday to expand its study of whether the Clinton administration can use statistical sampling for the 2000 census. The court had agreed Sept. 10 to decide a dispute spurred ...

Credit U.S. Rep. Christopher Shays of Stamford with integrity and a little courage in bucking his party’s leadership to make the next U.S. Census as accurate as possible. GOP congressional leaders ...

While Republicans and Democrats in Congress continue high-stakes maneuvering over the 2000 census, Arizona has sent Washington a defiant message on what kind of numbers will — and will not — be ...

WASHINGTON — Several Republicans are questioning whether the Census Bureau should release a second population count--this one more politically sensitive--to account for historically undercounted ...

Trying to count every one of the 260 million-plus people who reside in the United States is a literally impossible task. No matter how much time, money and effort the Census Bureau expends, it can ...

Dec. 29, 2000 — -- Even before the Census Bureau released figures this week that will shuffle the number of seats many states have in Congress, Washington was roiling over a second set of numbers ...

Census 2000 failed to count 509,012 Californians, more than half of them in the Southland, according to a set of much-debated, statistically revised figures released Friday by the U.S. Census Bureau.