Steven Ruggles

Press Coverage

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National

“The next boomerang? More 25-34 year-olds live with their parents.” St. Louis Beacon, December 21, 2011.

“U.S. growth slows, still envied; Developed nations hit by economy, aging issues.” USA Today January 7, 2011 p. 1A

“More Couples Living Together First,” Washington Post 11/7/2010, p. A6

“Black Women See Shrinking Pool of Black Men at the Marriage Altar” New York Times June 4, 2010, p. 12.

“Census Bureau Obscured Personal Data -- Too Well, Some Say” Wall Street Journal, February 6, 2010

“Luck of the draw shapes generations” USA Today, June 25, 2008

“New analysis shoots down the 'boomerang' hype” USA Today, March 14, 2007.

“Many Families Are Adding a Third Generation to Their Households” New York Times, May 25, 2006, page 1.

“With love, longevity, couples can reach 75^th” Chicago Tribune, May 26, 2005.

“University of Minnesota to build world population database” Associated Press, October 1, 2004.

“Face of families likely to change, not the struggles.” Aisha Sultan, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 23, 2004. Special Section, p. 6.

“Extended families and family reunions in American life,” Talk of the Nation, National Public Radio, July 3, 2003.

“I Thee Wait” Times-Picayune, September 6, 2001.

“University of Minnesota wins big grant to disseminate census data” Associated Press, May 23 2001.

“Making Social Science Data More Useful,” Science October 29, 1999 (286: 880a)

“The King of Quant,” Wired Magazine 3 (1995), 86-90

“200 years and out? - how welfare benefits have contributed to the number of single parent black families since the 1960s” National Review, April 4, 1994

“For many blacks, family tree long splintered Study suggests a pattern born of cultural differences,” USA Today Mon., Jan. 17, 1994

“Private lives study draws query about historians.” Washington Times, March 12, 1990.

Upper Midwest

“1940 Census, Part 1.” Access Minnesota, broadcast April 25-29 on 64 Minnesota Radio Stations.

“1940 Census, Part 2.” Access Minnesota, broadcast April 25-29 on 64 Minnesota Radio Stations.

“Saturday Night: Back from the Past.” WCCO Radio, April 21, 2012.

“U of M helping sort through 1940 Census Information.” KARE-11 News, April 3, 2012.

“U's trove of census data stands alone in the world.” Star Tribune, April 8, 2012, p. 1.

“Editorial: A valuable trip back to 1940s America.” Star Tribune, April 8, 2012.

“Rush to history: fed site with 1940s Census data overwhelmed.” Star Tribune, April 2, 2012.

“University of Minnesota, Ancestry.com team up to make 1940s data searchable.” St. Paul Pioneer Press, April 2, 2012.

“The Data Mine Blog: 1940 Census.” St. Paul Pioneer Press, April 2, 2012.

“More couples say 'I do' to living together; A spike in unmarried couples living together follows the economic downturn, and it's rising faster in Minnesota.” Star Tribune October 10, 2010. p. 1A.

“Return to an older way of living.” Midmorning, Minnesota Public Radio, 3/25/2010.

“It’s census time” Minneapolis Star Tribune, March 7, 2010, p. 1A.

“Minnesota panel considers policies to ease budget volatility” Legal Ledger, June 24, 2008.

“Q&A with Steven Ruggles,” Minnesota Monthly, July 2005

“U research project is a heckuva deal” Star Tribune, June 25, 2005, p. 1.

“U wins $5 million grant to build world population database” Saint Paul Pioneer Press, September 30, 2004.

“Older, not alone: Reversing a centurylong trend, Americans in their 70s and 80s were less likely to live alone in 2000 compared with earlier eras” Star Tribune February 22, 2004.

“Bidding war for key professor illustrates struggle to compete,” Saint Paul Pioneer Press (front page) February 8, 2001.

“Higher income, higher taxes,” Star Tribune Op-Ed, 4/3/99

“Family Breakdown, Consumerism Fuel Spendthrift State of Mind We Can't Afford,” Saint Paul Pioneer Press December 6, 1995 (editorial)

“Ideal of independent individualism bears high price as extended families decline,” Saint Paul Pioneer Press, March 2, 1994 (editorial)

“Shrinking of Extended Family Households adds another wrinkle to social woes,” Saint Paul Pioneer Press, February 23, 1994 (editorial)

“In past, most black kids had two parents,” Capital Times (Madison, WI) February 17, 1994

“‘U’ Study Looks at Issue of Race, Single-Parent Families,” Star Tribune Page 1, 1/10/94

“110 Years & Counting // 1880 Census Data Finds Miseries Under Veneer Of `Good Old Days,’” Star Tribune, 3/7/90

“The Shrinking Household,” Star Tribune 1/5/89

“Her Mission: To Make History Important Again,” Star Tribune 10/5/87

“Big ‘U’ Classes Give Freshmen the Taste of College Life,” Star Tribune 9/29/87

University of Minnesota

“U, ancestry website to develop database using 1940 census data.” Minnesota Daily April 3, 2012.

“Grad School Reconstruction: Why the decision was made.” Minnesota Daily March 10, 2009.

“Professors given highest University honor” Minnesota Daily September 18, 2008.

“Faculty donations buck trends” Minnesota Daily January 31, 2008.

“U’s census data center expands on the West bank,” Minnesota Daily, February 21, 2005.

“Minnesota Population Center moves to new location at U: The center had a $1.6 billion (sic) renovation and is now located in Willey Hall,” Minnesota Daily, October 5, 2004.

“Population Center Digitizes World’s Census Data,”  Minnesota Daily, June 9, 2003

“Tracking Terabytes,”  CLA Today, Winter 2003.

“Online Project Allows Research of Family Ancestry,” Minnesota Daily, October 29, 2002

“Grant to fund database,” Minnesota Daily 10/26/1999

“Students are Census Target for Head Count Headache,” Minnesota Daily 5/27/1999

“Web Site Organizes Years of Census Info for Public Access,” Minnesota Daily 9/25/1997

“New insights sought with census database,” Minnesota Daily 4/28/1997

“U professor plans to clarify family’s role in history,” Minnesota Daily 11/16/1987