For its decennial enumeration, the U.S. Census Bureau hired about 700,000 new workers over the past two years—most signing on for door-to-door work in the last six months. But by the end of the summer, most of them will be accounting for a rise in the unemployment rate. According to the Atlantic, the layoffs would raise the rate from 9.5% to 9.8%, meaning projected national job growth would be overshadowed by a loss of Census jobs through September. more ›

Back in 2006, the city challenged the U.S. Census Bureau's claim that NYC's population was 8.168 million. The city's stance was that it was closer to 8.2 million - which also means more federal funding. Now, over a year later, the Census Bureau agreed and said that NYC's population is a whopping 8.250,567 - an all-time high! This means the city will get an additional $77 million in federal money by 2010. Mayor Bloomberg... more ›