Census

For the second time in two months, a panel of federal judges has blocked President Donald Trump’s effort to exclude people in the U.S. illegally from being counted during the process of divvying up congressional seats by state.

The Supreme Court’s decision to allow the Trump administration to end the 2020 census this week put the brakes on a whiplashed census that had faced starts and stops from the pandemic, natural disasters and court rulings.

A federal judge has stopped the 2020 census from finishing at the end of September

A U.S. Census Bureau manager in Illinois instructed employees to start layoffs two weeks after a federal judge prohibited the agency from winding down the 2020 census

Plans for the 2020 Census were upended by the pandemic, and with the deadline now just weeks away, advocates fear some communities will be disadvantaged for years if they’re under-counted. From Boston to Lawrence, Springfield and the Cape, wide-ranging efforts are underway to drive up participation, from outreach at food pantries and COVID-19 testing sites to calls from religious leaders…

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh attended a U.S. Census completion event in Roxbury Friday amid suspicions from Massachusetts’ secretary of the commonwealth that the state’s population is being undercounted. Walsh visited the census sign-up event about 2 p.m. at Roxbury Community College that’s also serving as a voter registration site. “The money that’s on the table right now, for every...

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh made a push Friday to have city residents complete their census forms. The secretary of the commonwealth says he’s concerned, based on a state analysis, that Massachusetts is being undercounted.

The postal service isn’t the only staid federal agency to be drawn into a political battle this year.

A watchdog agency says the U.S. Census Bureau is short by more than 25% of the door knockers needed for the 2020 census

It’s been an unprecedented year for the once-a-decade head count

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

The Census Bureau is halting its field operations to count the population a month ahead of schedule, the agency’s director announced in a statement Monday night, raising fears of a national undercount.

A coalition of 20 states and 15 cities and counties filed suit Friday to block President Donald Trump’s memo directing undocumented immigrants be excluded from the 2020 census count for purposes of deciding how many members of Congress are apportioned to each state, calling it “unlawful.” The suit, filed in New York federal court, charges that Trump’s directive shows “blatant disregard...

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.

There are many reasons why you should take part in the census — billions, really, since the federal questionnaire is how the government apportions its budget.

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...

For the generation of Americans not yet old enough to drive, the demographic future has arrived

It’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.

Officials 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

The 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 districts.