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The makeup of Texas voters is much more diverse today than during the 2016 elections. And some of that growth is the result of a nearly two percentage point increase in the number of eligible immigrant voters.
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Almost 1 out of every 5 Texans was uninsured in 2021. That's according to the Census Bureau’s 2021 American Community Survey 1-year estimates.
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Dallas city council has signed off on a map that impacts on who has voting power and who council members represent. The new district boundaries lines will last for a decade.
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Dallas City Council is running out of time to approve a redistricting map that will determine if some neighborhoods stay together or split apart. The council failed to pass a final map at Wednesday's meeting.
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Texas was one of just a handful of states found to have an undercount in the latest census.
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Immigrants, people living in poverty and non-English speakers were among the most likely to be missed, yet the crucial count received lackluster promotion by Texas state government.
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Redistricting maps for Dallas City Council races recently were updated after Black and Latino residents complained that earlier versions threatened their voting power. And that could happen again.
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Robert Santos, one of the country's leading statisticians, is set to lead the Census Bureau through 2026 during key preparations for the next head count that forms U.S. democracy's foundations.
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Political observers say the state's growing Latino population is why more education efforts are needed to help Latinos understand how redistricting affects their vote.
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The 2020 census shows overall growth in Dallas’ population and in the majority of its council districts. Now, the city is looking at district lines to review if they are evenly divided by population.
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Growing numbers of Latinos turned a mysterious census category into the country's second-largest racial group. Researchers say that makes it harder to address racial inequities over the next decade.
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Stimulus payments moved 11.7 million people from poverty in 2020, according to new Census Bureau data.