After a couple of years where more people moved into Indianapolis/Marion County than left, 2014 Population Estimates released Today (March 26th) by the Census Bureau show that Indianapolis continues to lose population to other parts of the state and the nation. BUT, that decline has been offset by continued growth from international residents and minorities […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Affluent black Americans who are leaving industrial cities for the suburbs and the South are shifting traditional lines between rich and poor, according to new census data. Their migration is widening the income gap between whites and the inner-city blacks who remain behind, while making blacks less monolithic as a group and […]
PRAISE INDY.COM EXCLUSIVE: More women than men. More single female headed families than married families and persons living alone larger still. Single male headed families growing. And surprisingly, an increase in Black homeownership, especially in the City of Indianapolis. Those are some of the first findings from the first release of detailed data on Indianapolis’ […]
According to data from last year’s Census, the Black population in a number of Brooklyn neighborhoods like Fort Greene and Clinton Hill has decreased by one-third over the last decade. NY1 reports: The findings also reflect a trend in black migration to the suburbs. New York City’s black population declined by 2 percent. It is […]
The African-American community of Indianapolis grew strongly during the first decade of the 21st Century according to 2010 Census data just released. The Black population of Indianapolis/Marion County rose 19.1% to 256,418; an all time high. In the ten county Indianapolis Metro Area, Black population soared to a record 283,549, up 27.1%. In Indianapolis itself, […]
UPDATE: The first data from the 2010 Census has arrived. Indianapolis/Marion County has its highest population ever at 903,393; an increase of 5.0% during the decade. Of the state’s 20 largest cities, five are in the Indianapolis Metro area. Including Carmel at 79,191, up 109.9%; Fishers at 76,794; up 103%; Greenwood at 49,791, up 38.2% […]
The wait is nearly over. Eleven months after the 2010 Census forms arrived in your mailbox and months after a record percentage of you returned those forms, the first results from the 2010 Census will be released next week. This will be the first look at the growth of African-Americans in Indiana, City of Indianapolis […]
The first results from the 2010 Census are in. Indiana has a 2010 Census population of 6,483,802. That’s an increase of 403,317 or 6.6% from the 2000 Census total of 6,080,485. Overall the United States population increased to 308,745,538. An increase of 27,323,632 or 9.7% from the 2000 Census total of 281,421,908. Only one state, […]
During the 2010 Census, many of you asked me how would you know the outcome. How would you know when the data was published? Would the data be available to anyone and everyone? I promised that as Census data became available, I would share with you and he community the outcome and where to obtain […]
Audio Included in Post. Runs 25 Minutes. ©2010 WTLC/Radio One. In an exclusive Afternoons with Amos interview, Audrey Wiggins of the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law updated listeners on the class action lawsuit charging that the 2010 Census’ background check procedures discriminated against Black and other minority applicants for Census jobs. Recently, […]
<strong>Afternoons with Amos Exclusive. Audio Included in Post. Audio ©2010 WTLC/Radio One.</strong> In an exclusive interview Afternoons with Amos revealed a class action lawsuit filed against the 2010 Census, charging their background check procedures are discriminating against Black and other minority applicants for Census jobs.
Audio Included in Post. Audio ©2009 WTLC/Radio One. The managers of the two 2010 Census offices in Indianapolis discussed job opportunities and how the Census will work on Afternoons with Amos. Sue Getz and Brad Harr answered listener questions about Census job opportunities and other questions about the 2010 Census.
