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A Twitter bot by FiveThirtyEight. Called censusAmericans, it tweets short biographies of Americans based on data they provided to the U.S. Census Bureau between 2009 and 2013. Using a small Python program, the bot reconstitutes numbers and codes from the data into mini-narratives. Once an hour, it turns a row of data into a real person.
Launched by Black Futures Lab in early 2018, the Black Census Project is the largest survey of Black people conducted in the United States since Reconstruction.
New America's work supporting the 2020 US Census
New America, 15th Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USAA series of projects, events, and resources in support of the 2020 US Census
From Saving the Census to Google Maps: The US Census Bureau's TIGER System, 1980-2010
Excel and Census Data Workshop Instructors Guide
Census Accelerate, an initiative within the innovation arm of the U.S. Census Bureau, has launched its first-ever video prize competition to reward the most engaging, impactful and informative videos about the 2020 Census - with a total of $50,000 in cash prizes.
Wazimap is a Web platform that provides storytellers and campaigners with populations and financial figures which are broken down by categories of elections, demographics, service delivery, economics and education in order to add context and depth to stories or cause.
The USC Annenberg Innovation Lab and Wise Entertainment have assembled a powerful coalition of experts in media, communications, data, technology and journalism to ensure everyone knows how much census participation benefits their community.
Mapping Hard to Count (HTC) Communities for a Fair and Accurate 2020 Census
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