Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

During COVID-19 Outbreak, GU Will Report 2020 Census Data for Students in University-Provided Housing

During COVID-19 Outbreak, GU Will Report 2020 Census Data for Students in University-Provided Housing

By Grace Buono April 2, 2020

Georgetown University administrators will report U.S. census data for students, faculty and other residents who lived in university-provided housing and have since relocated to their permanent residences...

GU To Send 2020 Census Data Via New E-Response System

GU To Send 2020 Census Data Via New E-Response System

By Grace Buono February 28, 2020

The race, gender and ethnicity of residential students and community members will be excluded from the 2020 census as Georgetown University switches to a new online census reporting system, according...

KEENAN SAMWAY/THE HOYA | The citizenship question causes census participation rates among minority communities to decline.

Norton Moves to Block Census Question on Citizenship

By Yolanda Spura March 15, 2019

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) introduced a bill to the U.S. House of Representatives to prohibit the U.S. Census Bureau from asking questions regarding citizenship, nationality and immigration status...

FILE PHOTO: RYAN BAE/THE HOYA | A Georgetown University Law Center group filed an amicus brief Feb. 11 arguing that a proposed citizenship question on the U.S. census would decrease the accuracy of the census.

Law Center Institute Files Brief, Argues Citizenship Question Hurts Census

By Rachel Friedman February 21, 2019

A group based at the Georgetown University Law Center filed an amicus brief Feb. 11 contesting a push by the U.S. Department of Commerce to add a question to the 2020 census regarding citizenship status. The...

Racial Income Inequality Broadens in District

By Marina Pitofsky September 29, 2017

Income inequality broadened between white residents and residents of color in Washington, D.C., in 2016, according to data from the United States Census Bureau’s 2016 American Community Survey. The...

Census: Change in DC Racial Balance

By Jacqueline Wangel March 29, 2011

Recently released 2010 census data show that the population of individuals of black or African-American descent in D.C. has dropped 11 percent since the year 2000, representing a major change in the District's...

University Prepares for Census Count

By Copy Chief March 26, 2010

Contrary to popular belief, Georgetown students count as D.C. residents toward the population count for U.S. Census 2010, which will soon arrive at Georgetown's campus. Andy Pino, director of media...

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