Posted on 4:08 am, Thursday, June 30, 2011. Tags: census bureau, gary locke, robert groves
MEDIA RELEASE The U.S. Census Bureau has announced a realignment of its national field office structure and management reforms designed to keep pace with modern survey collection methods worldwide and reduce costs by an estimated $15 million to $18 million annually beginning in 2014. The reforms build on the work the Bureau’s leadership did in […]
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Posted on 6:42 am, Sunday, June 12, 2011. Tags: department of commerce, gary locke, international travel and tourism office, tourism
MEDIA RELEASE According to data from the Commerce Department, the U.S. can expect 6-8 percent average annual growth in tourism over the next five years, and this year, 64 million foreign travelers are projected to visit the United States, spending $144 billion during their stays, setting a new record for travel exports. The 2011 International […]
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Posted on 12:47 am, Wednesday, December 22, 2010. Tags: apportionment, census, gary locke, hawaii population
MEDIA RELEASE The U.S. Census Bureau announced the 2010 Census showed the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2010, was 308,745,538. The resident population represented an increase of 9.7 percent over the 2000 U.S. resident population of 281,421,906. “The result was a successful count that came in on time and well under […]
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