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A Trump administration attorney says the numbers used for deciding how many congressional seats each state gets won’t be ready until February.

The U.S. population grew by the smallest rate in at least 120 years from 2019 to 2020

The fate of this year’s census remains uncertain as the deadline to finalize the numbers approaches and experts express doubt about the government’s ability to produce an accurate count of the country under such tight constraints.

The U.S. Census Bureau was able to claim it had reached 99.9% of households when the 2020 census ended two weeks ago because census takers were pressured to falsify data as the statistical agency cut corners and slashed standards, according to an amended lawsuit from advocacy groups and local governments.

From tribal lands in the Southwest to storm-battered Louisiana, the U.S. Census Bureau did not achieve its goal of reaching 99% of households during the 2020 census

The Supreme Court has agreed to take up President Donald Trump’s policy, blocked by a lower court, to exclude people living in the U.S. illegally from the census count that will be used to allocate seats in the House of Representatives

The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that the Trump administration can end census field operations early, in a blow to efforts to make sure minorities are properly counted in the crucial once-a-decade tally. The decision was not a total loss for plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging the administration’s decision to end the count early. They managed to get nearly...

Lolita Lopez reports for the NBC4 News on Friday, Oct. 2, 2020.

Don’t wait any longer! Make sure to return your mailed census or go to my2020census.gov to complete.

The U.S. secretary of Commerce says the 2020 census will end Oct. 5, despite a federal judge’s ruling last week that the head count of every U.S. resident should continue through the end of October, according to a tweet posted on the Census Bureau’s website Monday

The census deadline has been set back to its original date of Oct. 31, due to a court decision who denied President Donald Trump’s decision to end the count early. Lolita Lopez reports for the NBC4 News on Friday, Sept. 25, 2020.

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

We’ve all seen the ads and promos, but what is the California Census and why is it so important right now? Find out how making sure you’re “counted” will impact the ecosystem of our roads, schools, and even COVID testing. Also, be sure to register before Sept. 30th.

The Census Bureau is contending with several natural disasters as wildfires and hurricanes disrupt the final weeks of the nation’s once-a-decade headcount.

With only two weeks to go, many areas are falling short on census counts. Lolita Lopez reported on NBC4 News on Sept. 16, 2020.

Federal judges have blocked an order from President Donald Trump that tried to exclude people in the country illegally from being counted when congressional districts are redrawn.

Even though it’s illegal to share any information you give the census, organizers say there are fear and distrust of the government and that worries workers who say their time to convince people to respond has been cut short so they are working double-time to get the word out.

Lolita Lopez reported on NBC4 News at 5:55 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020.

City Attorney Mike Feuer announced Saturday night that Los Angeles, along with a coalition of other local governments and civil rights organizations, have secured a temporary restraining order in a lawsuit against the Trump Administration over its decision to cut the timeline for the 2020 U.S. Census. The order requires a cessation of the administration’s implementation of its August...

Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer and counterparts in several other California cities and counties in two other states Tuesday sought a preliminary injunction to stop the U.S. Census Bureau from moving forward on an expedited plan to complete the 2020 count. The filing in U.S. District Court in San Jose came a week after the same parties filed...