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Changing Demographics In Prince George’s County

Monday, August 2nd, 2010
[WASHINGTON POST]  CENSUS SHOWS INCOMES RISING, MARRIAGES DECLINING FOR BLACKS IN PRINCE GEORGE'S The days of the suburban home (husband, wife and two kids) may be over for a large portion of Prince George’s county residents.  The changing demographics experienced here can be seen among African Americans across the nation.  In 2008, about half of the black households in the county made incomes of more than $75,000 a year, more

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Census Numbers Show Marylanders Stepping Up

Monday, May 10th, 2010
Prince George’s County participation rate so far stays steady at 71 percent. Maryland’s participation rate in the 2010 Census was 74 percent, which matched the state’s rate in the 2000 count of population, according to the U. S. Census Bureau’s report last week. Maryland’s rate is higher than the national rate of 72 percent and tied for 15th place among U.S. states. The participation rate is the percentage o

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Prince George’s Census Form Returns Lag

Monday, April 5th, 2010
Prince George's County is lagging badly in the race to return critical census forms. Despite a concerted effort to get the word out, returns of U.S. Census Bureau forms lag in Baltimore, Washington, D.C. and Prince George’s County, Md. According to the Census Bureau, Baltimore and Prince George’s are second and third to last among all jurisdictions in Maryland with rates of 49 and 52 percent respectively. D.C. ranks only sl

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Be Counted! Participate In The Census!

Thursday, March 18th, 2010
Jimmie Curley, who attends a church in Prince George's County is working to encourage our citizens to be counted this year in the census. Inspired by a Census 2010 outreach event he attended in January, Jimmie Curley has been distributing bags, mugs and other items emblazoned with Census 2010 logos everywhere he goes, from a laundromat in Clinton to a business meeting in Greenbelt. Curley lives in Washington, D.C., but is an active me

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Be Counted! Participate In The Census

Friday, March 5th, 2010
In 2000 only 68% of Prince George's County participated in the Census. Lets take a stand and remind our family, friends, and neighbors to be counted this year. By mid-March, nearly every household in the United States — including more than 326,000 homes in Prince George's County — will receive a form in the mail with 10 questions from the U.S. Census Bureau for its decennial count. Touting the fact that census data is used to

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