America’s census looks out of date in the age of big data

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Out for the count

America’s census looks out of date in the age of big data

Cost, complexity and new sources of data mean the days of the population count are numbered

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Jan 20th 2020

A DOG-SLED or a snowmobile is the surest way to reach Toksook Bay in rural Alaska, where Steven Dillingham, the director of America’s census bureau, will arrive to count the first people in the country’s decennial population survey on January 21st. The task should not take long—there were only 590 villagers at the last count, in 2010—but it marks the beginning of a colossal undertaking. Everyone living in America will be asked about their age, sex, ethnicity and residence over the coming months (and some will be asked much more besides).

This census has already proved unusually incendiary. An attempt by President Donald Trump to include a question on citizenship, which might have discouraged undocumented immigrants from responding, was thwarted by the Supreme Court. His administration has also been accused in two lawsuits of underfunding the census, thus increasing the likelihood that minorities and vulnerable people, such as the homeless, will be miscounted.

https://www.economist.com/international/2020/01/20/americas-census-looks-out-of-date-in-the-age-of-big-data?cid1=cust/dailypicks1/n/bl/n/20200121n/owned/n/n/dailypicks1/n/n/AP/384969/n

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