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Vacant Housing Lowest In Census History

The Discourse Lounge • 702 implied HN points • 07 Apr 23
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Census
  1. Vacancy rates for housing are at record lows in the United States, leading to a severe housing shortage.
  2. Real estate speculators and corporations are profiting from the housing crisis by acquiring rental housing.
  3. To combat the housing shortage, there is a need to build more housing, reconsider zoning laws, and potentially cap rent growth temporarily.

The 1937 Soviet Census

The Cosmopolitan Globalist • 17 implied HN points • 01 Aug 25
💾 History Census
  1. In the early 1930s, Stalin attacked the idea of accurate data and statistics. If data showed problems, he blamed the people reporting it.
  2. Stalin's regime would punish statisticians who reported bad news, which led to fear and manipulation of information.
  3. The focus on false data meant that real issues, like famine and crop failures, were ignored or hidden, making it hard to understand the true state of the country.

Lawler: New Census Population Estimates Show Massively Higher Population Growth

CalculatedRisk Newsletter • 33 implied HN points • 24 Dec 24
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Census
  1. The new Census estimates show that the U.S. population is growing much faster than before. This growth is mainly due to better counting of international migrants.
  2. Population growth from 2021 to 2024 is estimated to be over 3 million more than previous estimates. Most of this increase comes from net international migration.
  3. Revised population numbers can affect employment surveys, meaning we might see significant updates when the numbers are adjusted next year.

Accuracy and Privacy

Accuracy and Privacy • 0 implied HN points • 20 Dec 18
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Census
  1. Decisions are currently being made about how Census data will be published in 2020 with a focus on protecting respondent confidentiality through a new "formal privacy" framework.
  2. The Census Bureau is required to keep data private and is not allowed to release individual identifying information, but there are concerns about the effectiveness of current disclosure limitation procedures in today's data ecosystem.
  3. There is an ongoing debate about balancing the mathematical guarantees of a formal privacy mechanism with the concerns of end users of Census data, which may potentially lead to legal challenges.
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