Criticized over recent appointees, Census adds another hireAn agency watchdog says more than a dozen laptop computers used for an early phase of the 2020 census were lost, stolen or missing last year, and they may have contained ...
Bourbon-scented sanitizer and wary public challenge censusIt's been an unprecedented year for the once-a-decade head count.
Census Bureau adds emails, phone calls to door-knockingIf you haven’t filled out the 2020 census form yet, you may be getting an email, call or questionnaire in the mail asking you to answer the questions.
Census officials face subpoenas if they refuse interviewsHouse Democrats have threatened to subpoena top officials at the U.S. Census Bureau after they refused to give interviews to an oversight committee over why the 2020 head...
Census Bureau drop-outs complicate door-knocking effortsThe Census Bureau has another challenge as widespread door-knocking for the 2020 survey begins next week.
Census Bureau drop-outs complicate door-knocking effortsThe Census Bureau has another challenge as widespread door-knocking for the 2020 survey begins next week.
States ask that Trump's district drawing order be stoppedA coalition of states, cities and civil rights groups on Friday asked a federal judge to declare as unconstitutional President Donald Trump’s order seeking to exclude peo...
Worries about 2020 census’ accuracy grow with cut scheduleThe U.S. Census Bureau is cutting its schedule for data collection for the 2020 census a month short.
With time extension stalled, Census speeds up count scheduleThe Census Bureau has sped up the timetable on its website for crunching 2020 census numbers.
Census head wasn't told about Trump district drawing orderThe head of the U.S. Census Bureau says President Donald Trump’s order seeking to exclude people in the U.S. illegally from the process of redrawing congressional distric...
Experts worry about errors if census schedule is sped upAfter asking for coronavirus-related deadline extensions in April, the Trump administration now appears to be abandoning that request.
California, Florida, Texas lose House seats with Trump orderA new analysis shows which states would be most impacted by President Donald Trump's order to exclude undocumented immigrants from being counted in the redrawing of U.S. ...
Immigrant calls on local Hispanic community to participate as he fills out Census for first timeEvery 10 years, the U.S. Census Bureau collects the number of people who live in this country but participation in some communities, like the Hispanic community, falls be...
3 more states share license data for citizenship effortsIowa, South Carolina and South Dakota have now joined Nebraska in agreeing to share driver's license information with the U.S. Census Bureau to help the Trump administrat...
Census takers to visit homes that have not respondedThousands of census takers are about to begin the most labor-intensive part of America’s once-a-decade headcount.
Census door knockers starting in 6 states later this monthHomes in six states across the U.S. can expect to get knocks on their doors from census takers in two weeks.
More than half of Floridians have responded to Census 2020A majority of Census 2020 respondents have completed the survey digitally, data shows.
Orlando lags behind national response rate to 2020 CensusIn the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. Census Bureau is conducting the 2020 census, marking the 24th time the country has counted the population.
Census shows white decline, nonwhite majority among youngestFor the generation of Americans not yet old enough to drive, the demographic future has arrived.
Top Democrat calls new Census staffers 'starkly partisan'A leading House Democrat says the addition of two new staffers to top positions at the U.S. Census Bureau is an effort to politicize the federal government’s largest stat...
House Democrats file bill nixing citizenship data-gatheringHouse Democrats are introducing a bill that would stop the Trump administration from gathering citizenship data through administrative records.
Advocates worry blacks, Hispanics falling behind in censusHalfway through the extended effort to count every U.S. resident, civil rights leaders worry that minority communities are falling behind in responding to the 2020 census...
Floridians aren’t confident they can pay rent amid coronavirus, census survey showsA Census Bureau household pulse survey shows a majority of Floridians aren't confident they can pay rent next month.
'Soft opening' for census door knocking to begin next monthA “soft launch” of home visits to those who haven’t responded to the 2020 census is expected to begin next month.
Rural areas, tribal lands hit hardest by census interruptionEven before the pandemic, people living in rural communities and on tribal lands are among the toughest to count in the 2020 census.
Survey: Oil, manufacturing had best luck with pandemic loansAlmost 75% of small businesses applied for help from a federal loan program designed to keep workers employed during the pandemic, but only 38% of small businesses receiv...
US census stirs uncertainty for those displaced by virusIt’s not meant to be a trick question, but many displaced by the pandemic aren’t sure how to fill out the 2020 U.S. census.
Watchdog concerned over Census Bureau's vetting of workersA new watchdog report says almost 300 people working for the U.S. Census Bureau last year had “major” issues with their background checks.
Hard-to-count Arab Americans urged to prioritize censusOfficials and nonprofit groups are trying to get hard-to-count groups to participate in the census, and Arab Americans say the undercount is even more pronounced for them...
Census says restart to field operations will be in phasesThe U.S. Census Bureau’s return to field operations for the 2020 national head count will take place in phases based on a region’s lockdown orders and the availability of...
Census delay could put off new voting districts, primariesThe U.S. Census Bureau wants more time to wrap up the once-a-decade count because of the coronavirus, and that could delay the divisive process of drawing new legislative...
Pandemic complicates counting of refugees in censusAdvocates are concerned that the coronavirus has added another burden for refugees arriving in the U.S. They worry that the disease threatens refugee participation in the...
These TikToks explain why it’s important to fill out the censusThese explained why we fill out the census by jumping on the Tik Tok dance craze.
Trump administration seeks delay in 2020 censusThe Trump administration is asking to delay the 2020 census count in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
Census bureau encourage families to fill out 2020 Census to help emergency resourcesLast month households across the country received an invite to complete the 2020 Census which determines how many people are living in the United States.
Census response rate in Central Florida low, according to mapt’s arguably the most important count of the decade and so far it seems Central Florida will come up short.
Today is Census Day 2020 -- have you responded?We’ve been living in a world with a LOT going on lately, so we get it if you’ve forgotten about the 2020 Census. But we’re officially at Census Day, and the response rate...