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In this photo taken March 16, 2017, Hussein Dabajeh, 30, a lifelong Dearborn, Mich. resident who owns a hookah shop and lounge, said his ancestors first came to the U.S. from what’s now Lebanon in 1911. Still, he usually looks for the “other” box when offered the option on official forms and fully supports the idea of a new category for those who trace their roots to the Middle East. (AP Photo/Jeff Karoub)

Counting Americans: A new Mideast box on census is sensitive

By LAURIE KELLMAN and JEFF KAROUB - Associated Press

The 2010 census forms (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) ** FILE **

Investigation finds sex, fraud and retaliation at Census office

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

American Hobo Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

JOY OVERBECK: When welfare beats work

By Joy Overbeck

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker broke from the GOP by saying that there should be limits on how many legal immigrants should be allowed to enter the U.S. (Associated Press)

Scott Walker breaks from GOP on border limits

By Seth McLaughlin and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Census first-take: Americans saying ‘I do’ more than once

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

American Community Survey: Tell all or be fined

By Al Maurer

(AP Photo/File)

800 RSVP to Census plan to cut marriage questions

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

The 2010 census forms (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) ** FILE **

U.S. to be grayer, more immigrant-populated in 2060

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

Nearly 48 million U.S. children lived in homes enrolled in at least one government program in 2011. This included about 35 million children who participated in the National School Lunch Program. (AP Photo/Sioux City Journal, Jim Lee)

Almost 2/3rds of U.S. kids on a gov’t program: report

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

The 2010 census gave respondents 14 options for ethnicity, as well as a place to write in another ethnic group with which they identified. Under the two-question set-up, however, respondents only have seven options. (Associated Press)

Ethnic groups wary of proposed census changes

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

FILE - This Jan. 12, 1966 file photo shows President Lyndon Baines Johnson giving his State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington. Is “strong” losing its strength? Presidents of both parties have long felt compelled to sum up the state of the union with a descriptive word or two in their State of the Union addresses. Mostly the same word. For many years now, “strong” has been the go-to adjective. House Speaker John McCormack of Mass. is at left, Sen. Carl Hayden, D-Ariz. is at right. (AP Photo, File)

FEULNER: A poor way to fight poverty

By Ed Feulner

FILE - This Jan. 23, 2013 file photo shows a real estate sign in front of a home in Downey, Calif. California home sales declined in July 2014 compared to the same time the previous year as buyers struggled to find something they could afford in the tight market, a research firm said Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

US existing home sales fall in August

By Josh Boak - Associated Press

Family Dollar and other cost-cutter stores are seeing record business as wages remain flat. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File) — FILE

U.S. incomes flat for second year in a row — Census

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

FILE - This Feb. 24, 2014 photo shows Carlsbad Mayor Dale Janway addressing a recent community meeting in Carlsbad, N.M. The Census Bureau reports that the community was the second fastest-growing in New Mexico from 2012 to 2013. Hobbs and other communities in southeastern New Mexico’s oil-rich Permian Basin are enjoying significant population growth in large part because of increased oil production from advances in drilling technologies. (AP Photo/Jeri Clausing, file)

Census: Carlsbad growing the fastest in New Mexico

By BARRY MASSEY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2013, file photo, a man steadies himself as he and others work on framing new houses, in Odessa, Texas. America’s energy boom is fueling population growth west of the Mississippi River. New 2013 census information released Thursday, March 27, 2014, showed that six of the 10 fastest-growing metropolitan areas and eight of the 10 fastest-growing counties in the country are located in or near the oil- and gas-rich fields of the Great Plains and Mountain West. More and more oil and gas drilling is being done in those regions, drawing people from around the nation looking for work, the Census Bureau said. Neighboring cities Odessa and Midland, Texas, show up as the second and third fastest-growing metro areas in the country. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, File)

Energy boom spurs growth west of the Mississippi

By JESSE J. HOLLAND - Associated Press

West Virginia editorial roundup

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

** FILE ** Illegal immigrants prepare to enter a bus after being processed at Tucson Sector U.S. Border Patrol Headquarters Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012, in Tucson, Ariz. New strategies being implemented by the U.S. government, including the halting of one-way flights back to the interior cities in Mexico, are in place to streamline processing and expedite a return to Mexico. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

U.S. population level drops due to low birth rates, immigration trends

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Job seekers line up to talk with recruiters during a job fair in Atlanta on Thursday, May 30, 2013.
(AP Photo/John Amis)

EDITORIAL: Falsifying government reports to get re-elected?

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

** FILE ** In this Oct. 9, 2013, file photo, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Republicans seek probe of reports of faked jobs data

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Obama’s statistics problem

By our readers