Posted on 09 February 2010. Tags: census bureau, Purdue students
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue students will receive two to four surveys this semester as part of the university’s efforts to participate in the national Census and learn student opinions on issues related to campus life and educational opportunities. “We appreciate and value the time students will dedicate to completing these voluntary surveys,” says Rab […]
Posted in Purdue News
Posted on 06 October 2009. Tags: census bureau, Ivy Tech, McCutcheon High School
LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Ivy Tech Community College will host a Census Awareness program to promote participation in the 2010 Census on October 20 at 6:00 pm in the NCHS Auditorium of Ivy Hall. Clayton Richard, current pitcher for the San Diego Padres and a McCutcheon High School graduate, will be the keynote speaker. Following the […]
Posted in Community News
Posted on 14 April 2009. Tags: census bureau, immigrant population, immigration
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Today’s Indiana immigrant likely is Mexican or Asian, under age 40, a blue-collar laborer and not as proficient in English as foreign-born people who came to the United States even 20 years ago, according to a Purdue University study. “The immigrant population is young, it’s growing and it is increasingly diverse,” […]
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Posted on 30 April 2008. Tags: 2008 democratic primary, census bureau, demographics, Indiana primary, indiana voters
WASHINGTON, DC — With its primary on May 6, Indiana’s 2007 population of about 6.3 million includes a higher percentage of the non-Hispanic white-alone population and a lower percentage of Hispanics than the nation as a whole, according to U.S. Census Bureau statistics. About 59 percent of Indiana’s voting-age citizens cast a ballot in the […]
Posted in Indiana Politics
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