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06/06/2001 Census to change TV ratings
The decennial census will soon provide Spanish-language broadcasting something it craves: fatter ratings points and respect. 06/03/2001 No loss, no gain
LONE OAK, Texas Change, if you note the old saying, is supposedly the only constant. So some of the folks here understandably wonder how such a grand scheme missed their town, tucked quietly away where North and East Texas overlap. The Colony to weigh new district borders
City officials are considering changing district boundaries in order to better serve the growing population. Mayor Bernetta Henville-Shannon said she is forming a redistricting committee, which will evaluate how much the city has grown and whether there is a need for more council seats, she said. The move is being prompted by an increase of 8 percent in the citywide population, officials said. City draws on census data to gauge needs
The times, they are a changin'. And so is Irving, according to recently released data from the 2000 census. More than 36,000 people moved to Irving during the last decade. In 1990, the city had a population of 155,037. In 2000, more than 191,615 residents called Irving home. A mix of colors
The 2000 census revealed some interesting truths about race in America. Among the most important is this: The familiar concept of "minority group" is dramatically changing. 05/31/2001 Area reflects fast Asian growth
One of Steven Welp's favorite childhood stomping places was the five-and-dime at the Terrace Shopping Center in Richardson. As a 6-year-old in the 1970s, he checked out the latest trinkets at M.E. Moses while his mother shopped at the A&P next door. 05/27/2001 House committee passes remap plan
AUSTIN – A legislative committee Saturday approved a congressional redistricting map that could be used as a starting point should the governor call a special session. Racial diversity lags in many areas
The story told by area census figures is one of booming growth and increasing diversity from Dallas to Arlington to Fort Worth. 05/23/2001 Boom times for Texas' big house
Everyone's a number to the Census Bureau, but members of one of the fastest-growing groups in Texas are used to that. They're state prison inmates, and their ranks more than tripled in the 1990s – a growth rate that eclipsed that of just about every ethnic, racial, or family group in the government head count.
Census shows Hispanic surge from Central, South America
Residents of the Dallas-Fort Worth area are more diverse than ever and living in ways that are more complex than a decade ago, according to the newest 2000 census figures. 05/21/2001 Hard to shake the cohabit
The number "72 percent" made headlines last week, after the Census Bureau released its data on households and relationships for 2000. 05/15/2001 Census reflects changes at home
WASHINGTON – Along with the population growth of the 1990s came changes in the face of the American household: The number of unmarried couples is growing, more women are raising children without fathers in the home, and living alone is an increasingly popular option. 05/14/2001 Americans in poll wary about growth
WASHINGTON - Americans are closely watching the nation's rapid population growth and are not convinced it is a good trend, a poll suggests. 05/10/2001 Latinos in U.S. grow diverse
Even as the nation's Hispanic population exploded in the past decade, it grew more diverse than ever. The trend is especially pronounced in Texas, where a decade ago people with Mexican roots accounted for nine of 10 Hispanics. That has dropped to three out of four Hispanics, according to census figures released Wednesday. Democrats slam remap plan
A potentially divisive showdown in the Senate was set Wednesday when a key Republican senator unveiled a plan reshaping districts that was blasted by Democrats as too partisan. 05/06/2001 Hurst debuts online service that gives census, zoning information by address
Learning the lay of the land has just gotten a lot easier in the city of Hurst. City officials are launching a new Web-based mapping service that can run down the statistics of any address in the city – including 2000 U.S. census data and local zoning information. Growth means some residents will change precinct districts
When the county commissioner precincts are reconfigured this year, those who live in western Flower Mound may find themselves being represented by a different commissioner. Growth puts Flower Mound precincts out of balance
When the county commissioner precincts are reconfigured this year, those who live in western Flower Mound may find themselves being represented by a different commissioner. 05/03/2001 Democrats, Republicans alike oppose Senate district proposal
A new proposal reshaping the state's 31 senatorial districts drew fire Wednesday from both parties. 04/30/2001 Top U.S. cities see gain in minorities
WASHINGTON – For the first time, nearly half of the nation's 100 largest cities are home to more blacks, Hispanics, Asians and other minorities than whites, an analysis of the latest census figures shows. 04/29/2001 Concerns shift with population
Dallas and Houston are cities in transition in a state in transition. By 2005, demographers predict, whites will be the minority in Texas. And the cities of Dallas and Houston are ahead of that curve, the latest census figures confirmed. 04/25/2001 Perry urged to veto maps
AUSTIN – Proposals reshaping the look of the Texas Senate and House remain under work in legislative committees, but some Republicans already are pressuring GOP Gov. Rick Perry to veto the final maps. 04/19/2001 Talk on DISD voting districts delayed
Dallas school trustees on Wednesday postponed a discussion on preliminary drafts of redrawn voting districts until late next week, at the soonest. 04/16/2001 Incumbents could face off
AUSTIN – As many as 16 state representatives could be forced to run against one of their colleagues next year under a proposal drawn by the chairman of the House Redistricting Committee. 04/12/2001 Council to discuss redistricting
The City Council will take up the subject of redistricting – redrawing the boundary lines of council districts based on data from the 2000 census – at its Monday work session. 04/11/2001 Redistricting plan to be reworked
Dallas school board members sent their consultants back to the drawing board Tuesday after viewing a preliminary map of proposed voting districts. 04/05/2001 A hat that fits
To understand status in Latino America, one must know one's sombreros. So even before the 2000 U.S. Census declared that U.S. Latinos were roughly equal in population to African-Americans, John Tillotson had hired Victor Cornejo to retool his company's Stetson, that proud symbol of cowboy America. Dallas' Latino population up 101 percent
Dallas' booming economy in the 1990s served as a magnet for immigrants, helping it boast the second-fastest-growing Latino population among large U.S. cities. 04/04/2001 Spreading out, staying isolated
Besides a landmark park used for occasional fiestas, few traces are left of "Little Mexico," a once thriving Latino enclave north of downtown dissolved by redevelopment and Hispanic upward mobility. At home in Farmers Branch
Ask Hispanics why they are flocking to a small neighborhood in northern Farmers Branch and their answers come easily. "It's a safe place. It's a good city, and we don't have problems with guns in schools," said Pastor Victor y Evita Higueros. 04/03/2001 U.S. added more residents in 1990s than ever before
WASHINGTON – The nation added more residents in the 1990s than in any other decade, because of a wave of births and immigration, the Census Bureau said Monday. D-FW grew fastest of large urban areas
The Dallas-Fort Worth metropolis is the fastest-growing large urban area in the nation and has joined an elite group of nine U.S. metropolitan regions with populations exceeding 5 million people, the U.S. Census Bureau said Monday. 04/01/2001 Districts reflect diversity
Hispanics are an ethnic majority in one of Garland's eight City Council districts, a census breakdown shows. 03/29/2001 At a loss: Detroit dips below 1 million
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. – In a blow to civic pride, Detroit's population fell below 1 million for the first time in 80 years as its suburbs surged, according to census numbers released Wednesday. Democrats turn up the heat for figures to adjust 2000 census
WASHINGTON – Democrats pressed the Bush administration Wednesday to release a second set of 2000 census figures that supporters say would protect against an undercount of millions of Americans, primarily minorities. 03/28/2001 Report: Nevada and Texas among tops in census undercounts
WASHINGTON – Greater proportions of Americans were missed by the census in states with booming minority populations or large urban centers, say Democrats who want to adjust the tally used to redistrict legislative seats. 03/22/2001 Minority-owned firms thrive, Census survey finds
Latinos and black Americans turned to capitalism like never before in the 1990s, with their highest level of entrepreneurship ever. 03/21/2001 Some growth, but little change
The 2000 census figures show the Park Cities' population grew during the last decade, but it actually changed very little. 03/20/2001 D-FW sprawls to No. 7 instead of feeling pinch
Cities gobble land, and Dallas-Fort Worth is like a hefty adolescent who is learning to control his eating. The urbanized area that includes the two cities and their contiguous suburbs consumed 372 square miles of open land between 1970 and 1990, growing by more than one-third, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures. That put it at No. 7 on a list of the nation's most sprawling cities, according to the authors of a study released Monday. 03/19/2001 Census records Hispanic boom - but many wonder what it means
America's fastest-growing population sector has a love-hate relationship with its definition on the census form. The "Hispanic" identity can provide a sense of strength, but it also obscures cultural differences of people with more than 20 national origins. 03/18/2001 Historic Rockwall County town is poised for population explosion
FATE – Fate's destiny takes shape on freshly churned pasture. In a busy area called Sleepy Hollow, new homes poke up from the dark earth like the first shoots of spring. The tracks of heavy construction equipment scar virgin back yards. Tiny canyons etched by winter rains slice the soil. Doubling of Hispanics spurs Oklahoma's growth
OKLAHOMA CITY – The state's Hispanic population doubled in the 1990s, contributing to a revival in some rural towns and adding to overall growth in Oklahoma's urban centers, the 2000 census found. 03/17/2001 Tiny town's residents say census missed them all
ENON VALLEY, Pa. – The borough of Slovenska Narodna Podporna Jednota, otherwise known as the Slovene National Benefit Society, has a recreation hall, a pool and a liquor license. But no people – at least officially. Growing feeling
The story of northeast Tarrant County's explosive population and commercial growth is a tale lived, not told, by hundreds of thousands of residents in the state's third-most populous county. 03/15/2001 Precinct revisions on tap
FORT WORTH – Armed with newly released population figures, Tarrant County officials are looking to redraw their four precincts to reflect the burgeoning growth in Arlington and northeast Tarrant County. Redistricting concerns grow
Dallas' population growth over the last decade has wreaked havoc with its City Council districts. Some have swelled by almost 40 percent, while others have grown as little as 6 percent, according to new U.S. Census Bureau figures. Redistricting concerns grow
Dallas' population growth over the last decade has wreaked havoc with its City Council districts. Some have swelled by almost 40 percent, while others have grown as little as 6 percent, according to new U.S. Census Bureau figures. Diversity finds home in Garland
Garland remains the 10th-most populous city in Texas and its diversity has dramatically increased, according to 2000 census data released this week. City's growth raises diversity
After a period in the 1980s of little growth, the city of Richardson ended the last decade with increases in population and diversity, according to census data released this week. 03/14/2001 Loving and losing in West Texas
For years residents have crept in and out of Loving County, a West Texas county with scant water, no hospital and not even a grocery store. That's not surprising to some residents, and declining populations are not unusual in that part of Texas. Although Loving County's situation stands out. Minority populations growing
Minority populations, especially Asians, have grown dramatically in Collin County over the last decade, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures released this week. Census figures
It's a brand new dia in Dallas, Tejas. Census figures released Monday indicate that the city's Hispanic population doubled over the last decade. County growth figures surge
ROCKWALL – The state's smallest county also is among its fastest growing, according to census figures released this week. Rockwall County's population increased from 25,604 in 1990 to 43,080 last year. 03/13/2001 Racial distinctions in census could muddy the subject
WASHINGTON – The latest census paints the nation with a palette rich in racial diversity – 63 possible categories, as opposed to just five in 1990 – and the government calls it the clearest impression yet of America. Legislators brace for redistricting
AUSTIN – Now, the battle lines can be drawn. With the release Monday of census figures for the state, legislators are preparing for the once-a-decade task of redrawing state and congressional district boundaries. Area's suburban surge no surprise to residents
Tarrant County has become the state's third-largest county, and Collin County is its fastest-growing, census figures showed Monday. Hispanics become Dallas' largest ethnic group
Dallas' Hispanic population doubled over the last decade, making Latinos the city's largest ethnic group for the first time, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures released Monday. Hispanics drive state growth
WASHINGTON – The Texas population surged by 23 percent during the 1990s, fueled in large measure by Hispanic growth, with new residents flocking to major metropolitan areas and the Southwest border, the Census Bureau reported Monday. 03/12/2001 Texas experiences population surge in '90s
WASHINGTON – Texas' population surged during the 1990s, increasing by 23 percent, fueled in large measure by Hispanic growth, the Census Bureau reported today. Census 2000 shows boom in Oklahoma's Hispanic population
OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma's Hispanic population doubled in the 1990s, 2000 census figures released Monday showed. The Hispanic population grew from 86,160 people in 1990, to 179,304 last year. National figures show sharp increase in America's minorities
WASHINGTON – The number of Hispanics skyrocketed by roughly 58 percent over the last decade, drawing virtually even with non-Hispanic blacks as the nation's largest minority group, newly released government figures showed today. Census data arrives in Texas
AUSTIN – Texas has received its detailed population figures from the U.S. Census Bureau, an official at the Texas State Data Center at Texas A&M University said today. 03/11/2001 New Orleans suburb's population soars, census shows
NEW ORLEANS – New Orleans lost more than 12,000 residents in the past decade, while St. Tammany Parish on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain gained nearly 47,000 residents, the most of any parish in Louisiana, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. 03/10/2001 Hispanics swell Arkansas census
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – An influx of Hispanics from other states and countries helped pump up population figures in northwest Arkansas and partly accounted for Arkansas' 13.7 percent increase in residents over the last 10 years, U.S. Census Bureau figures showed Friday. Asians' numbers surge in census
WASHINGTON – The country's Asian population is soaring, new census figures from at least nine states show, and demographers and civil-rights groups attribute the trend largely to an influx of immigrants seeking to fulfill the American dream. 03/09/2001 Louisiana receives new 2000 census data
BATON ROUGE, La. – State officials in charge of redrawing voting districts for Louisiana congressmen and state lawmakers received needed 2000 population data today. Ruben Navarrette: Demographic shifts call for new thinking
A black-and-white America now seems as quaint as black-and-white television.
Demographers have long predicted that Hispanics would, one day, outnumber African-Americans and become the nation's largest minority. Estimates were that it might occur by 2010, then 2004. Census politics
Shortsighted Republicans are headed down a dead-end road by discounting statistical sampling and insisting that this year's redrawing of political boundaries by state legislators be done with original raw numbers. 03/08/2001 Hispanics catch up to blacks in census
Once on pace to become the nation's largest minority by 2005, the Hispanic population has surged into a near-tie with black Americans, fueled by a 58 percent growth rate during the 1990s. 03/07/2001 States told to use 'raw' census figures
WASHINGTON – Wading into a political and financial thicket, Commerce Secretary Don Evans announced Tuesday that he will not allow use of adjusted population figures in redrawing political boundaries, even though the Census Bureau estimates it missed 3.2 million people. |
