2020 census

The Census Bureau has another challenge as widespread door-knocking for the 2020 survey begins next week

President Donald Trump signed a memorandum Tuesday that seeks to bar people in the U.S. illegally from being counted in congressional reapportionment, a move that drew immediate criticism and promises of court challenges. Trump said that “respect for the law and protection of the integrity of the democratic process warrant the exclusion of illegal aliens from the apportionment base,...

President Donald Trump’s memo aims to omit undocumented immigrants from the apportionment base, which is, in part, used to determine how many seats a state gets in the House of Representatives.

The 2020 U.S. Census is required for anyone living in the United States, but there are billions of reasons you’d want to take it: lawmakers use census data to divvy up money for important resources like hospitals, fire stations and roads. Lawmakers will rely on this year’s census data until 2030, so now’s your chance to make sure your household...

The U.S. Census Bureau wants to delay deadlines for the 2020 head count of all U.S. residents because of the coronavirus outbreak.

Civil rights groups, lawmakers, attorney generals, former Census Bureau directors and actors like Rita Moreno and George Takei say they are forming a coalition to protect the confidentiality of the 2020 census

The coronavirus has waylaid efforts to get as many people as possible to take part in the census

The U.S. Census Bureau is delaying the deadline for counting everyone in the U.S. by two weeks because of the spreading novel coronavirus

The U.S. Census Bureau has suspended field operations for two weeks, citing the health and safety of its workers and the U.S. public from the novel coronavirus

Who gets to be “Person 1?”

The start of the 2020 census is just a month away for most U.S. residents. A new report says the U.S. Census Bureau has succeeded so far in early tasks but is at risk of not being ready for future operations.

The U.S. Census Bureau this week starts its process of counting students living in college-run housing, but there’s confusion over what demographic information university officials can share with the agency. Two weeks ago, the U.S. Department of Education said in a memo to schools that they couldn’t, if asked, provide information about students’ sex, race and Hispanic origin for...

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi visited San Francisco Sunday before heading back to the nation’s capital with what she said is the backing of a vast majority of Americans who are demanding a full and fair impeachment trial in the senate.

New York City officials kicked off the city’s Complete Count Campaign on Tuesday — a $40 million initiative that is the largest and most diverse coordinated municipal effort to achieve a complete and accurate 2020 Census count. “New York City has been on the front lines of the resistance against the Trump Administration and ensuring every New Yorker gets counted…

When the census officially kicks off in January in Alaska, it will start in an Alaska Native community three months before the rest of the nation, NBC News reports. It’s an important moment for the Native community in Alaska, which gets to decide who among their members will be the first counted.

Michael Gargiulo speaks with Katie Leonberger, the president and CEO of Community Resource Exchange, about the 2020 U.S. Census.