Apr 13 Trump officials want delay in census due to virus, lawmaker says By Mike Schneider, Associated Press Field operations for the 2020 census have been suspended since mid-March and were set to resume this week. Continue reading
Apr 01 Watch 3:26 News Wrap: U.S. believes China vastly understated its COVID-19 death toll In our news wrap Wednesday, U.S. intelligence believes that China vastly understated its own death toll in the COVID-19 pandemic. Two senior U.S. officials say the true number of dead in Wuhan, where the outbreak began, could be 10 times… Continue watching
Apr 01 How the coronavirus pandemic has affected the 2020 census By Saher Khan The pandemic adds to the challenges the 2020 census was already facing… Continue reading
Mar 18 U.S. Census Bureau suspends field operations on virus concerns By Mike Schneider, Associated Press Field operations have been suspended for two weeks, citing the health and safety of its workers and the U.S. public from the novel coronavirus. Continue reading
Mar 10 Census Bureau site goes live as counting begins in earnest By Mike Schneider, Associated Press There has been a U.S. census every decade since 1790. The results determine how many congressional seats each state gets and how $1.5 trillion in federal spending is distributed. Continue reading
Mar 09 Sesame Street wants to get young children counted in the census By Mike Schneider, Associated Press Researchers say no other age group was undercounted as much during the last once-a-decade census than children under 5. Sesame Street is using Count von Count to change that. Continue reading
Mar 05 Facebook drops Trump ads after Pelosi cites census confusion By Mike Schneider, Amanda Seitz, Associated Press The decision came Thursday, hours after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi criticized Facebook for the ads, saying people would confuse the survey with the once-a-decade head count. Continue reading
Feb 12 Census Bureau at risk of not being ready for count, government report says By Mike Schneider, Associated Press While the Census Bureau has succeeded so far in early tasks of verifying addresses across the U.S. and launching an advertising campaign, the agency's readiness for upcoming operations is mixed, according to the report from the Government Accountability Office. Continue reading
Jan 17 What you need to know before the 2020 Census starts By Mark Thiessen, Mike Schneider, Associated Press The 2020 Census will begin next week in rural Alaska. The Census always starts in remote parts of the nation's largest state out of tradition and necessity. Continue reading
Jan 09 Children of color projected to be majority of U.S. youth this year By Rogelio Sáenz, The Conversation, Dudley L. Poston, Jr. The U.S. Census Bureau projects that, by the middle of 2020, nonwhites will account for the majority of the nation’s 74 million children. Continue reading