U.S. Census Bureau

Nebraska is first state to share drivers’ records with Census Bureau

By Mike Schneider, Grant Schulte, Associated Press

U.S. Census paperwork is pictured in this photo illustration in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., July 15, 2019. Photo by REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

Census confirms drivers’ records request tied to citizenship

The U.S. Census Bureau is acknowledging that its nationwide request for state drivers' license records is the result of President Donald Trump's order to gather records that can better determine the numbers of citizens and non-citizens across the U.S.

By Mike Schneider, Associated Press

Pens are available at an event for community activists and local government leaders to mark the one-year-out launch of the 2020 census efforts in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., April 1, 2019. Photo by: Brian Snyder/File Photo, Reuters

Census Bureau seeks state data, including citizenship info

The U.S. Census Bureau is asking states for drivers' license records that typically include citizenship data and has made a new request for information on recipients of government assistance, alarming some civil rights advocates.

By Mike Schneider, Associated Press

Dr. Olveen Carrasquillo (L), Chief of General Internal Medicine University of Miami, sits with Juan Gonzalez as he conducts a checkup on him at the University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine, as the United States House Republicans in Washington, DC were poised to approve a bill repealing the health care law that last year was signed into law overhauling the U.S. health care system on January 18, 2011 in Miami, Florida. Dr. Carrasquillo said that anyone that wants to roll back the gains made by the overhaul of the health care law should spend one morning in a public hospital and you would not want to repeal the bill. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Share of uninsured Americans rises for 1st time in a decade

An estimated 27.5 million people, 8.5% of the population, went without health insurance in 2018.

By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press

News Wrap: Census forms won’t include citizenship question

In our news wrap Tuesday, White House and Justice Department officials confirmed the U.S. Census Bureau will begin printing forms for the 2020 survey, without a citizenship question. Also, members of the European Union have broken a deadlock and chosen…

The Supreme Court blocked a citizenship question from the census. Now what?

By Yasmeen Alamiri, Daniel Bush

Though the court has stopped the citizenship question from being added to the 2020 Census, it does not mean definitively that the question cannot appear on the forms.

Blacks, Latinos at risk of undercount in 2020 census, report says

By Mike Schneider, Associated Press

With the 2020 census count less than a year away, a new report says undercounting certain populations will be likely, despite the best efforts of the U.S. Census Bureau, nonprofits and state and local officials to encourage participation.

Supreme Court hears arguments over citizenship question on census

By Mark Sherman, Associated Press

Conservative Supreme Court justices were mostly silent Tuesday as a Trump administration lawyer defended the government's plan to ask about citizenship on the 2020 census, an indication the court's majority may be inclined to side with the administration.