Belleville, IL Census 2010 special section, Belleville News-Democrat

Census 2010

Poverty increases in metro-east: Census figures show St. Clair, Madison counties at or above 15 percent

Poverty rates in the metro-east have increased compared with 10 years ago, according to 2010 data the U.S. Census Bureau released this week.

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CENSUS 2010

Carving up the county: Democrats' map plan could hurt Shimkus

A proposal for new boundaries for congressional districts in Illinois puts U.S. Rep. John Shimkus' Collinsville home in a district that has almost nothing in common with his current district.
CENSUS 2010

'Politicians need to get real here': Redistricting plan pits Stephens against Cavaletto

An Illinois House committee's proposed map for House districts puts Rep. Ron Stephens, R-Greenville, and Rep. John Cavaletto, R-Salem, into one district.
CENSUS 2010

Proposed political map puts GOP senators in same district; Luechtefeld, McCarter may have to face off

An Illinois Senate committee Thursday released a proposed map for new political boundaries in the state.
CENSUS 2010

Proposed political map puts Luechtefeld, McCarter in same district

An Illinois Senate committee on Thursday released a proposed map for new political boundaries in the state.
CENSUS 2010

Vacant homes plague Washington Park; census shows one in three empty

You don't have to tell Rafael Pinado that about one in three houses in Washington Park is vacant.
CENSUS 2010

Legislators ready to redraw districts; Dems will deal with population shifts

To the victor go the spoils. And at no time will that old adage be more true than when the Democrats who control Springfield gather later this spring.
CENSUS 2010

Belleville and O'Fallon leaders might appeal census results

O'Fallon and Belleville leaders might appeal the results of the 2010 U.S. census because of low population totals in the two communities.
CENSUS 2010

Slow growth will cost Illinois a House seat

Population losses in Cook County and most of downstate Illinois slowed the growth in the state's population to 3.3 percent from 2000 through 2010, according to figures released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau.
CENSUS 2010

Census 2010 numbers are in: How has your county and city changed?

Union School Principal Lori Taylor has watched Belleville's face change. Taylor said diversity makes Belleville a better place to live and her school a better place to learn.
CENSUS 2010

Scott Air Force Base proves to be a population magnet

Last year, Robert "Ted" Tedford took a job as a systems analyst for a defense contractor at Scott Air Force Base. For Tedford, a recent Air Force retiree, the decision to relocate his family to the metro-east was easy.