While those who wish to make participation in the American Community Survey voluntary raise important points and concern for individual privacy is paramount, the government can best serve the American people by continuing to gather high quality survey data through the ACS.

Recent economic research suggests that colleges siphon off a significant portion of federal education aid rather than lowering costs to students

On August 26, the Census Bureau is likely to report a small--and probably statistically insignificant--increase in the 2007 poverty rate. Because this number will represent an average of the 2007 calendar year figures, and will not include data for the first six months of 2008, it projects a far rosier...

Besharov's comments follow a briefing on the Census Bureau's "Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage" report.

Douglas Besharov is available to comment on thenew poverty report from the Census Bureau.

The illegal immigration problem is going away.That's the conclusion I draw from the latest report of the Pew Hispanic Center on Mexican immigration to the United States.Pew's demographers have carefully combed through statistics compiled by the U.S. Census Bureau, the Department of Homeland Security and the...

Baby Seven Billion will have a greater chance to live to adulthood and receive an education—and a lower chance of suffering extreme material poverty—than a child at any previous juncture in history. This prospect, in and of itself, should be a cause for celebration.