The U.S. Census Bureau will release data from the 2007 American Community Survey (ACS) beginning Aug. 26th.

Similar to last year's release, the 2007 ACS will include one-year estimates available for the nation, 50 states and the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, every congressional district and all counties, places and metropolitan areas with populations of 65,000 or more.

In December, the U.S. Census Bureau will introduce three-year estimates, providing a first look at the characteristics of midsize population areas (20,000 to 64,999) since the last decennial census in 2000.

The three-year estimates will be based on data collected from 2005 to 2007 and will include all geographic areas with populations of 20,000 or more.

Data Release Schedule

• Aug. 26, 2008: Annual release of ACS income, earnings and poverty data, in conjunction with the Census Bureau's annual release of income, poverty and health insurance estimates from the Annual Social and Economic Supplement to the Current Population Survey.
• Sept. 23, 2008: 2007 ACS one-year estimates on social, economic, demographic and housing characteristics; special population profiles.

The data will consist of:

Social Characteristics

• School enrollment
• Educational attainment
• Marital status
• Grandparents
• Veteran status
• Disability status
• Households by type
• Place of birth
• U.S. citizenship status
• Year of entry
• World region of birth
• Language spoken at home
• Ancestry

The Census Bureau will provide tools to aid users later this summer, including guidance on making comparisons between ACS data and Census 2000.

Additional information can be found on the ACS Web page (http://www.census.gov/acs), which also includes a link to the ACS Media Toolkit.

The American Community Survey is mailed nationwide to about 250,000 (roughly one-in-480) addresses a month and provides current demographic, housing, social and economic information about America's communities every year information previously only available once every 10 years.

CONTACT: Public Information Office, US Census Bureau Tel: +1 301 763 3691 Tel: +1 301 457 1037 (TDD) Fax: +1 301 763 6340 e-mail: pio@census.gov

According to the Web site for the Federal Department of Education, President Bush has pushed a 'National Security Language Initiative' to 'dramatically increase the number of Americans learning, speaking and teaching critical-need foreign languages.

Presidential candidate Barack Obama has also commented on the importance of improving foreign language education programs in public schools.

Why is the U.S. so far behind other world powers when it comes to language education? Has backlash over immigration policy and the recent wave of English-only laws heightened this problem?

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New report suggests faster growth, more diversity than previous projections

Washington DC - "By the middle of the century, the population of the United States will be larger and more racially and ethnically diverse than earlier projections suggested, with much of the increase due to immigration.

"By 2042, minorities, collectively, are projected to make up more than 50 percent of the U.S. population, the Census Bureau said August 14.

"By 2050, minorities -- those who identify themselves as Hispanic, black, Asian, American Indian, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander or mixed race -- will account for 54 percent of the U.S. population, which is projected to total 439 million that year.

"The nation's population is currently around 305 million, and about 34 percent identify themselves as a member of a racial or ethnic minority."

Read the rest of this America.gov story here

See "U.S. Minority Population Continues to Grow."

More information on the Census Bureau report is available on the bureau's Web site.

Also see the eJournal Immigrants Joining the Mainstream and Diversity.

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