Latest Fact-Checks In Census

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Elisabeth Hasselbeck
Elisabeth Hasselbeck
stated on November 19, 2013 comments on Fox News Channel's "Fox and Friends"
A Census Bureau worker says he was told to skew information to bring the unemployment rate down "as we headed into an election season."
False
By Jon Greenberg • November 20, 2013
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on October 26, 2013 a speech to the Florida Democratic Party
"This is the year Florida becomes a majority minority state."
False
By Amy Sherman • October 31, 2013
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on February 1, 2013 an appearance on "Bill Maher Overtime"
Says 2012 was the "first year in American history that more minorities are being born than people in the majority."  
Half-True
By Caryn Shinske • February 17, 2013
Charlotte Lehan
Charlotte Lehan
stated on January 8, 2013 in an interview
Says Oak Grove is "one of the largest cities in Oregon" and is "the biggest city in Clackamas County and it's not a city."
Half-True
By Janie Har • January 30, 2013
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on May 28, 2012 a speech.
Virginia "is home to more veterans per capita than any state in America."
False
By Nancy Madsen • June 11, 2012
Joe Brown
Joe Brown
stated on April 18, 2012 a City Council presentation on the Memphis budget.
"Nobody is leaving Memphis. That's a myth."
Pants on Fire!
By Zack McMillin • May 1, 2012
Glee
Glee
stated on February 7, 2012 an episode on TV
"The U.S. Census believes that by 2030 the majority of Americans will use Spanish as their first language."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • February 14, 2012
Edith Ajello
Edith Ajello
stated on October 14, 2011 commentary piece
"Nearly half of all pregnancies in the U.S. are unintended."
True
By Lynn Arditi • October 21, 2011
Tom Kean Jr.
Tom Kean Jr.
stated on May 24, 2011 a press release
"The state’s tax burden has, according to census figures released today, cost our state another 190,000 residents in 2009."
False
By Erin O'Neill • June 27, 2011
Garnet Coleman
Garnet Coleman
stated on April 28, 2011 a press release
Says close to 90 percent of the population growth in Texas over the last decade was non-Anglo.
True
May 9, 2011
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 8, 2011 a speech in Philadelphia
"If you shut down Amtrak's Northeast Corridor, it's estimated you'd have to add seven new lanes to I-95 to accommodate the increased traffic."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 11, 2011
Terry Gorman
Terry Gorman
stated on January 6, 2011 a radio interview
"Illegal aliens cost the state of Rhode Island $400 million a year."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 6, 2011
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on December 15, 2010 an interview with a weekly newspaper
"I represent the fourth-poorest (congressional) district" in the nation.
False
January 3, 2011
Steven Brown
Steven Brown
stated on November 20, 2010 story in the Providence Journal
"Over half of the foreign-born population in Rhode Island is white."
Half-True
By Cynthia Needham • December 1, 2010
John King
John King
stated on July 13, 2010 a question to San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro
"Sometime in the next decade, there will be more Latinos in the state of Texas than there are Anglos. That will happen sometime in the next five to eight to ten years."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 26, 2010
John Faulk
John Faulk
stated on June 12, 2010 a speech
Says Houston’s 18th congressional district has been "gentrified" and is home to "more Anglos than African Americans."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • June 30, 2010
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on June 7, 2010 his Fox News program
"The 2000 Census cost $4.5 billion. The 2010 Census is set to cost up to $14.5 billion."
Half-True
June 11, 2010
Lone Star Project
Lone Star Project
stated on April 29, 2010 an e-mail blast.
Says state's expected "increase in federal political clout is almost entirely due to the growth of the African American and Hispanic populations in Texas in virtually every region of the state."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 17, 2010
Patrick McHenry
Patrick McHenry
stated on April 1, 2010 an op ed article
"Early census returns are showing that conservatives have been measurably less likely than liberals to return their census forms."
False
April 7, 2010
Patrick McHenry
Patrick McHenry
stated on April 1, 2010 an op ed article
"The most private question on this year’s form asks for an individual’s race, and that question has been asked by every census since the 1790 census conducted under then-President George Washington."
Mostly True
April 7, 2010
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