{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Side by Side","title":"Ryan Allen, Allison Liuzzi, and Jose Pacas explain how the Decennial Census and American Community Survey help us understand communities","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/8ac826fc\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":890,"description":"In an excerpt from an upcoming episode, Ellen talks with Ryan Allen, University of Virginia urban planning professor; Jose Pacas, Director of Data Leadership and Investment at the Constellation Fund; and Allison Liuzzi, Project Director at Minnesota Compass, about the U.S. Decennial Census and its role in providing essential population counts for representation, funding, research, and redistricting. They discuss the importance of census data for understanding rural, urban, and suburban communities and for their research to better understand immigrant and refugee communities.\nMinnesotans for the American Community Survey and the 2030 Census (MACS), Wilder Research, & Minnesota Compass. (2026, October 6). The census is at risk—What it means for Minnesota: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiab-VJ2SOI \nAdditional Resources:\nhttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/23315024261466218\nhttps://www.mncompass.org/data-insights/who-counts-proposed-census-rule-would-change-answer\nhttps://mn.gov/admin/demography/reports-resources/census-2030/\nhttps://www.naco.org/resource/census-ready-counties-resource-hub\nQuestions, comments, want to get in touch?  Email us at sidebyside@umn.edu. ","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/tlqGC47eNrIE2gpnsGBGmlOp6kISW7ZNG8gy-TLNnz8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQ3OTMzLzE3MDMx/MDQxNzMtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}