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Nation Sep 21

What the 2020 census shows us about race and ethnicity in the U.S. right now

By Mike Schneider, Associated Press

Politics May 30

View of the downtown Phoenix, Arizona city skyline as seen from South Mountain Park, August 28, 2018. Photo by Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images
Phoenix becomes largest U.S. city to successfully challenge 2020 census

Phoenix has become the largest U.S. city to successfully challenge its population count from the 2020 census. It claimed that group homes, jails and drug treatment centers were overlooked during the nation's head count.

By Mike Schneider, Associated Press

Nation May 25

Portrait of senior man in retirement home
With population of aging Americans growing, U.S. median age jumps to nearly 39

There are important social and economic consequences to an aging population, including the ability of working-age adults to support older people through Social Security and Medicare contributions.

By Mike Schneider, Associated Press

Nation May 13

The skyline is shown at sunset in Austin
Complaints of 2020 census undercounts in major cities receive mixed results

Some of the largest U.S. cities challenging their 2020 census numbers aren't getting the results they hoped for from the U.S. Census Bureau. Here's where the challenges stand for Austin, Boston, Detroit, Memphis, Milwaukee and Phoenix.

By Mike Schneider, Associated Press

Nation Sep 18

Balloons decorate an event for community activists and local government leaders to mark the one-year-out launch of the 202...
Some census takers who fudged 2020 data didn’t get fired, federal report says

Some census takers who falsified information during the 2020 count didn't have their work redone fully, weren't fired in a timely manner and in some cases even received bonuses, according to the U.S. Commerce Department's watchdog group.

By Mike Schneider, Associated Press

Jul 20

Secret memo links census citizenship question to apportionment, oversight committee says

By Mike Schneider, Associated Press

Some Trump administration officials had initial doubts that it was legal to put a citizenship question on the 2020 census but pressed forward and attempted to add it anyways.

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May 19

In 2 states, 1 in 20 residents were missed during U.S. Census

By Mike Schneider, Associated Press

Around 1 in 20 residents in Arkansas and Tennessee were missed during the 2020 census, and four other U.S. states had significant undercounts of their populations which could short-change them of federal funding in the current decade.

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Mar 10

Civil rights leaders outraged as more minorities undercounted in 2020 census

By Mike Schneider, Associated Press

The 2020 census missed an unexpectedly small percentage of the total U.S. population given the unprecedented challenges it faced.

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Mar 10

WATCH: U.S. Census Bureau releases undercount of minority groups in 2020 Census

By Mike Schneider, Associated Press

Civil rights groups are outraged that Black, Hispanic and American Indian residents were overlooked at higher rates than a decade ago.

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Sep 14

Federal relief payments insulated families from economic disaster, Census finds

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, The Associated Press

The share of Americans living in poverty rose slightly as the COVID-19 pandemic shook the economy last year, but massive relief payments pumped out by Congress eased hardship for many.

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