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C.<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://digipres.club/@foone" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>foone</span></a></span> </p><p>If the census is "mandatory" where you are, demand the paper form. Then you can refuse to answer / do other nonsense for any question you don't like. I quit out of the online version the moment it validate-shamed me and demanded I comply with its restrictions 😉 </p><p>I did this last time, drawing a line through every question that I thought exceeded the original scope of the census here (which is pretty much all but one of them). I got a couple of semi-nasty phone calls from a supervisor of some sort trying to get me to answer the questions, but I stuck to my guns.</p><p>It's theoretically possible to get fined here for refusal to complete the census, but nothing happened to me. I'm guessing it's similar in most western nations.</p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/census" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>census</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/mandatory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mandatory</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/fine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fine</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/penalty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>penalty</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/NOYB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NOYB</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/MindYourOwnBusiness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MindYourOwnBusiness</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/MindYourDamnedBusiness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MindYourDamnedBusiness</span></a></p>
🔻Stones of David🔻<p>Millions Racially Reclassified by U.S. Census with Asian Soph / Right-Wing Plants in Left-Wing Demonstrations</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/BIPOC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BIPOC</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/lgbtq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lgbtq</span></a> <br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/dei" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dei</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/losangeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>losangeles</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protest</span></a> <br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/census" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>census</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/china" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>china</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iran</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/lebanon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lebanon</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Genocide</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/lebanon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>lebanon</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/yemen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>yemen</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@irannachrichten" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>irannachrichten</span></a></span> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/tiktok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tiktok</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>canada</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/yemen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>yemen</span></a> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/blackmastodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>blackmastodon</span></a></span><br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/palestina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>palestina</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/StopAIPAC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopAIPAC</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/freePalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freePalestine</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/GazaGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GazaGenocide</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/StopGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopGenocide</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/DismantleZionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DismantleZionism</span></a></p>
🔻Stones of David🔻<p>🔥Whoa! No wonder this BIPOC philosoher 👸is banned on X 🔥</p><p>Millions Racially Reclassified by U.S. Census with Asian Soph / Right-Wing Plants in Left-Wing Demonstrations</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/BIPOC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BIPOC</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/lgbtq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lgbtq</span></a> <br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/dei" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dei</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/losangeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>losangeles</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protest</span></a> <br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/census" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>census</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/china" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>china</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iran</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/lebanon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lebanon</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Genocide</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/lebanon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>lebanon</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/yemen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>yemen</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@irannachrichten" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>irannachrichten</span></a></span> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/tiktok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tiktok</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>canada</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/yemen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>yemen</span></a> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/blackmastodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>blackmastodon</span></a></span><br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/palestina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>palestina</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/StopAIPAC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopAIPAC</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/freePalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freePalestine</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/GazaGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GazaGenocide</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/StopGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopGenocide</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/DismantleZionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DismantleZionism</span></a></p>
Edwin G. :mapleleafroundel:<p>There will be several new questions in next year’s census, including one on sexual orientation.</p><p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canadian-census-sexual-orientation-1.7569720" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/politics/canadian-</span><span class="invisible">census-sexual-orientation-1.7569720</span></a><br>- - -<br>Il y aura plusieurs nouvelles questions dans le recensement de l’an prochain, incluant une sur l’orientation sexuelle.</p><p>// Article en anglais //</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.moimeme.ca/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.moimeme.ca/tags/Census" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Census</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.moimeme.ca/tags/Recensement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Recensement</span></a></p>
Edwin G. :mapleleafroundel:<p>The next census will be in May 2026!</p><p><a href="https://toronto.citynews.ca/2025/06/23/canadas-next-national-census-set-for-may-2026/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">toronto.citynews.ca/2025/06/23</span><span class="invisible">/canadas-next-national-census-set-for-may-2026/</span></a><br>- - -<br>Le prochain recensement sera en mai 2026!</p><p><a href="https://lp.ca/p9QtBQ" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lp.ca/p9QtBQ</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.moimeme.ca/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.moimeme.ca/tags/Census" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Census</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.moimeme.ca/tags/Recensement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Recensement</span></a></p>
Abraham Samma🔬🔭👨‍💻<p>Glad we're finally discussing the declining accuracy of census counts and its consequences. Trump denying funding for demographic and health survey programs is also not helping.</p><p>More and more people are missing from official census data <a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-06-people-census.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2025-06-people-c</span><span class="invisible">ensus.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://toolsforthought.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://toolsforthought.social/tags/census" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>census</span></a> <a href="https://toolsforthought.social/tags/population" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>population</span></a></p>
Bob LeFridge :tinoflag:<p>Morena New Zealand. It's another chilly morning in the south.</p><p>NZ CENSUS<br>After proving ineffective in the role of Health Minister, Shane Reti wearing his 'Statistics Minister' hat is lauding Stats NZ's plan to kill off the NZ census in favour of "administrative data from government agencies". Reti cites the UK as an example of what they're trying to achieve.</p><p><a href="https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360727650/why-some-brits-opposed-their-census-reform-and-how-stats-will-sweeten-over-time" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">stuff.co.nz/politics/360727650</span><span class="invisible">/why-some-brits-opposed-their-census-reform-and-how-stats-will-sweeten-over-time</span></a></p><p>So how's it going in the UK? Whoops! They're on the verge of abandoning the reform, with leading academics and statisticians warning the approach “risks an increasingly fragmented and inaccurate data landscape”, describing the government’s plans as “wishful thinking”.</p><p>NZ's 2023 Census cost $325m. Luxon's losers have only budgeted $227m for the 2030 Census. They've grabbed $100m to feed their tax cuts for the rich. That's their main motivation for "reform".</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jun/17/plans-to-replace-2031-census-in-england-and-wales-set-to-be-abandoned-after-backlash#:~:text=Plans%20to%20scrap%20the%202031,patchwork%20of%20alternative%20data%20sources" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/j</span><span class="invisible">un/17/plans-to-replace-2031-census-in-england-and-wales-set-to-be-abandoned-after-backlash#:~:text=Plans%20to%20scrap%20the%202031,patchwork%20of%20alternative%20data%20sources</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/UKPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/NZPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NZPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Census" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Census</span></a></p>
-0--1-<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Census" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Census</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StateEconomicSnapshots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StateEconomicSnapshots</span></a> <a href="https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/2022/econ/2022-state-econ-snapshots.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">census.gov/library/visualizati</span><span class="invisible">ons/2022/econ/2022-state-econ-snapshots.html</span></a></p>
Dendrobatus Azureus<p>Reflections in H2O that is a favorite subject of mine. This however is just a reflection in glass.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/chromatic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chromatic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/reflection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reflection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/H2O" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>H2O</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Glass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Glass</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/under_exposure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>under_exposure</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Census" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Census</span></a></p>
Lapscallion<p>The ABS is starting to hire temp staff to help out with the 2025 Census. </p><p>Listings here: <a href="https://www.livehire.com/careers/abscensus/jobs" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">livehire.com/careers/abscensus</span><span class="invisible">/jobs</span></a></p><p>Key details:<br>- $32.86 + super + motor vehicle allowance<br>- Need to have comprehensively insured car (and ability to drive it). <br>- Need to have space to store blank census papers. <br>- Public facing role, so lots of talking to people and answering questions. <br>- Work period from 9 June to 21 July 2025. </p><p>EDIT: So the info PDF link seems to expire automatically after a while. You can download your own by clicking on your local area and then scrolling down to Related Documents. </p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/census" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>census</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ABS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ABS</span></a></p>
Anomalous Human<p>Detroit's population grew for the second year in a row, according to new estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau.<br><a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Detroit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Detroit</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Michigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Michigan</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Census" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Census</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/PopulationGrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PopulationGrowth</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2025/05/15/detroit-population-increase-us-census-bureau/83638579007/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">freep.com/story/news/local/mic</span><span class="invisible">higan/detroit/2025/05/15/detroit-population-increase-us-census-bureau/83638579007/</span></a></p>
Mark<p>I kinda don’t want to participate in part 2 of the US Census. </p><p>They’ve been calling, sent FedEx deliveries and even had a US Census agent drop by the house. </p><p>But I don’t feel right, knowing they cannot protect citizen data as they claim they can from Musk and his posse.</p><p>I wonder if this isn’t the point though - to erode trust?</p><p>Probably it’s just an added benefit.</p><p><a href="https://hard.blue/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://hard.blue/tags/Census" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Census</span></a> <a href="https://hard.blue/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://hard.blue/tags/doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>doge</span></a></p>
smeg<p>Facts are the enemy of the authoritarian. You can't sell a dishonest narrative if there are reliable facts that may counter it.</p><p>U.S. Census Bureau data faces danger of brain drain<br><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/04/17/nx-s1-5349435/us-census-bureau-data-decennial" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/04/17/nx-s1-53494</span><span class="invisible">35/us-census-bureau-data-decennial</span></a></p><p><a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/censusbureau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>censusbureau</span></a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/braindrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>braindrain</span></a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/census" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>census</span></a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/statistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>statistics</span></a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/demography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>demography</span></a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/demographics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>demographics</span></a></p>
Preston Maness ☭<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@davidsirota" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>davidsirota</span></a></span> The report:</p><p><a href="https://pestakeholder.org/reports/private-equity-multi-family-housing-tracker/#ownership" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pestakeholder.org/reports/priv</span><span class="invisible">ate-equity-multi-family-housing-tracker/#ownership</span></a></p><p>says:</p><p>&gt;We have identified 121 private equity companies[36] that own at least 8,200 apartment buildings with over 2.2 million units.[37]<br>&gt;<br>&gt;...<br>&gt;<br>&gt;Private equity’s ownership of almost 2.2 million apartment units represents about 10 percent of the total number of apartment units in the country.[39]</p><p>Source 37 is only given as:</p><p>&gt;Data Source: Yardi Matrix and Lexis Nexis </p><p>Which, unfortunately, is a duo of proprietary sources. The authors likely can't release it for verification :(</p><p>Source 39 is given as:</p><p>&gt;According to the National Multifamily Housing Council’s tabulation of 2023 American Community Survey microdata from the US Census Bureau, there are almost 23.3 million apartment units in the U.S. An apartment unit is defined as any rental unit in a structure with 5 or more units. <a href="https://www.nmhc.org/research-insight/quick-facts-figures/quick-facts-data-download/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nmhc.org/research-insight/quic</span><span class="invisible">k-facts-figures/quick-facts-data-download/</span></a></p><p>Alas, that page gives only a bunch of spreadsheets, with no indication of where the 23.3 million number is coming from. Looks like it comes from the "State Distribution of Apartment Stock, 2022" XLS file, as the sum of all 50 cells with numbers for apartment units for each state comes up to "23,275,718" total units, which is indeed "almost 23.3 million."</p><p>Their underlying data source is the American Community Survey microdata, and the NMHC frustratingly does not release their work/code on how they go from that microdata to their tabulations.</p><p>Attempting to look at building stats from the microdata, for example, gives this:</p><p><a href="https://data.census.gov/app/mdat/ACSPUMS1Y2023/table?cv=BLD&amp;rv=ucgid&amp;wt=WGTP&amp;g=AwFm-BVBlYEYA0wBMSRIKxIGxIBxICcCcwJicqcAzCVnLnAOwkFzHJnKLKrK3J0yLMlzIWyAsmLUy1RNVTVa1dNSzVc1FtQLViYBCEQhUIdCCwhcIFiAIhiGMhkQZaGdBiwZsQA" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">data.census.gov/app/mdat/ACSPU</span><span class="invisible">MS1Y2023/table?cv=BLD&amp;rv=ucgid&amp;wt=WGTP&amp;g=AwFm-BVBlYEYA0wBMSRIKxIGxIBxICcCcwJicqcAzCVnLnAOwkFzHJnKLKrK3J0yLMlzIWyAsmLUy1RNVTVa1dNSzVc1FtQLViYBCEQhUIdCCwhcIFiAIhiGMhkQZaGdBiwZsQA</span></a></p><p>I can't get any of their numbers in their "State Distribution of Apartment Stock, 2022" XLS file (NMHC tabulations of 2023 American Community Survey microdata, US Census Bureau. Updated 10/2024) to line up with this table. According to the above linked table, there are 6,603,715 5+ apartment units, 6,205,203 10+ apartments units, 5,517,342 20+ apartment units, and 9,795,042 50+ apartment units, for a total of 28,121,302 estimated apartment units, across the United States. The table I selected includes DC, but that only accounts for 201,294 of the total.</p><p>28.1 million (or 27.9 million without DC) apartment units is pretty far from 23.3 million apartment units. What gives? Perhaps NMHC uses a different Housing Unit Weight? Does other prodcessing of the microdata?</p><p>The resulting percentage of apartment units owned by private equity would still be alarming (7.88%), just not quite at that double-digit 10.0% mark.</p><p><a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/CivicTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivicTech</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Census" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Census</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/landlords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>landlords</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Apartments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apartments</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/PrivateEquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateEquity</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Statistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Statistics</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The deletions began shortly after <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> took office. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> web pages on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vaccines</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HIV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HIV</span></a> prevention, &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ReproductiveHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReproductiveHealth</span></a> went missing. Findings on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BirdFlu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BirdFlu</span></a> transmission vanished minutes after they appeared. The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Census" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Census</span></a> Bureau’s public repository went offline, then returned w/o certain directories of geographic info. The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> expunged the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Jan6th" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jan6th</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/insurrection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insurrection</span></a> from its site, &amp; whitehouse.gov took down an explainer page about the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a>.<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DigitalBookBurning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalBookBurning</span></a><br><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-data-hoarders-resisting-trumps-purge" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newyorker.com/news/the-lede/th</span><span class="invisible">e-data-hoarders-resisting-trumps-purge</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin is killing off several outside cmtes that provided advice to federal statistical agencies, including the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Census" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Census</span></a> Bureau &amp; the Bureau of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Economic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Economic</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Analysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Analysis</span></a>. Members of the cmtes, who were NOT paid for their work, received emails today informing them that their purposes “have been fulfilled” &amp; that the cmte “has been terminated effective Feb 28.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/truth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>truth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/facts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>facts</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>"Commerce Sec Lutnick has terminated all 3 Census Bureau Committees of outside advisers.</p><p>- <a href="https://toad.social/tags/2030Census" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>2030Census</span></a> Advisory CMTE<br>- Census Scientific Advisory CMTE<br>- Nat. Advisory Committee on Racial, Ethnic &amp; Other Pops.</p><p>I've reached out to the press offices of the bureau and the COMM Dept for comment... </p><p>Project 2025's plan calls for the Census Bureau's Nat. Advisory CMTE to be abolished"<br>-HL Wany</p><p>The Trump admin is WHITEwashing the census. It reveals the diversity of the US.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Racism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Census" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Census</span></a></p>
Rich Puchalsky ⩜⃝<p>I was talking about the US data that I work with and I wonder when people are going to destroy the US <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/census" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>census</span></a>. It's been a right-wing goal to make it into a head count of citizens with stable housing (and nothing else) for a long time.</p><p>But there's another force for destruction and that's in the form of the assurances that Census data are not supposed to be used against you personally. Don't think that will last.</p>
K.G. Jewell<p>re: <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Census" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Census</span></a> shutdown <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sciences.social/@ipums" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ipums</span></a></span> has put out a statement noting "We are writing to reassure you that IPUMS data remain available, and that IPUMS remains committed to preserving and democratizing access to the world’s population data. [...]As part of our standard procedures, we download and preserve original data from U.S. statistical agencies that serve as the source data for IPUMS. [...] We will share resources and guidance when we have it about how to locate or share missing data.</p>
watmildon<p>Does anyone know of efforts to scrape and store various US federal gov datasets? In particular US Census and USGS geo things. Previously, I have stashed things in preparation for gov shutdown but may need to consider something larger scale. </p><p><a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/gischat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gischat</span></a> <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/census" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>census</span></a> <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/OpenStreetMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenStreetMap</span></a> <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/usgs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>usgs</span></a></p>