2000 Census

The Census Bureau is giving tests for potential census takers, crew leaders and office clerks for the 2000 Census. Census employees work in their community, set their hours and can be reimbursed for authorized expenses. All positions are paid competitive wages. Although appointments to take the test are recommended, walk-ins are welcome. Bring two forms of identification. Tests will be given: At 9 a.m. today at the Department of Social Services, 10 Distillery Drive, Westminster At 10 a.m. today at Union Bridge Town Hall, 104 W. Locust St.At 5 p.m. today and 9 a.m. Thursday at the Business and Employment Resource Center, 224 N. Center St., Westminster.

Baltimore's challenge challenge to the 2010 Census count netted the city a small population bump. Instead of being home to 620,961 people on April 1, 2010, as the U.S. Census Bureau reported in 2011, Baltimore actually had 621,074 residents - an increase of 113 people, federal records show. That's a far smaller increase than Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and other Baltimore officials had hoped for. The city's planning department argued in its appeal that census workers did not count 15,635 housing units in Baltimore.

FOR HALF a century, "white flight" has dominated demographic change in Baltimore. While the city's population was dropping by nearly a third between 1950 and 2000, the number of whites in Baltimore was declining by more than 70 percent. Even in the decade between 1990 and 2000, when the number of African-Americans living in the city fell for the first time, the net loss of white population outstripped that of blacks, 5 to 1. Now, there is new evidence to suggest that the seemingly relentless decline in the city's white population is leveling off. According to recent census estimates, the number of non-Hispanic whites living in Baltimore between the 2000 Census and July 1, 2002, declined by just more than 5,000 - a drop of about 185 a month.

Because an estimated 101,000 Marylanders went uncounted in the last federal census, the state of Maryland has formed a committee to ensure an accurate enumeration in the year 2000.The census count is considered important because millions in government funds are awarded based on population and income criteria. Political representation is also based on the census count."By providing a statistical profile of our communities, the 2000 Census will tell us and future generations about the way we lived at the dawn of the new millennium," said state Planning Director Ronald M. Kreitner.

The Bureau of the Census is giving tests weekdays and some Saturdays for potential census takers, crew leaders and office clerks for the 2000 Census around the county. The bureau needs people to help ensure everyone is counted in the 2000 Census in Carroll County. Census workers work in their community, set their hours and can be reimbursed for authorized expenses. All positions are paid competitive wages. Although it is suggested to make an appointment to take the test, walk-ins are welcome.

The Bureau of the Census is giving tests for potential census takers, crew leaders and office clerks for the 2000 Census weekdays and some Saturdays around the county. The bureau needs people to help ensure everyone is counted in the 2000 Census in Carroll County. Census workers work in their communities, set their own hours and can be reimbursed for authorized expenses. All positions are paid competitive wages. Although making an appointment to take the test is suggested, walk-ins are welcome.

The Bureau of the Census is giving tests for potential census takers, crew leaders and office clerks for the 2000 Census weekdays and some Saturdays around the county. The bureau needs people to help make sure everyone is counted in the 2000 Census in Carroll County. Census workers work in their community, set their hours and can be reimbursed for authorized expenses. All positions are paid competitive wages. Although it is suggested to make an appointment to take the test, walk-ins are welcome.

WASHINGTON - In a case that could affect the way virtually every state draws its congressional map, Pennsylvania Democrats told the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday that their state's Republican-controlled legislature went too far in creating congressional districts designed to aid GOP House candidates. "This map undermines democracy," said Paul M. Smith, a lawyer representing three Democratic voters who argued that the state's congressional map, redrawn after the 2000 census, gave Republicans an unfair number of seats.

A WOODEN cross was erected this year on a street corner in Austin, Texas, at the intersection of the three new congressional districts drawn to divide and dilute the voting strength of a liberal oasis in that mostly conservative state. The marker bore the inscription: "R.I.P. Democracy. Killed by Tom DeLay on this spot." The reference was to a knock-down, drag-out remapping battle choreographed by House Majority Leader Tom DeLay that resulted in a crazy-quilt pattern of the state's 32 districts intended to create as many as possible in which the odds are stacked toward Republican candidates.

WASHINGTON -- Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist is urging Congress to keep the federal court system out of a raging partisan spending debate over the 2000 Census.Funding for the federal judiciary and departments of Commerce, State and Justice is contained in the same appropriations bill.But because the Commerce Department is carrying out the controversial 2000 Census, Congress gave itself until June 15 to resolve its differences and pass the appropriations bill for those departments.After June 15, the judiciary and the three Cabinet departments will receive no federal funds unless a bill is passed.