Census

The Supreme Court is hearing arguments over whether the Trump administration can exclude people in the country illegally from the count used for divvying up congressional seats

The director of the Census Bureau says irregularities have been found during the numbers-crunching phase of the 2020 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.

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

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

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

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 YMCA-LA will send “youth ambassadors” to 10 Grab & Go locations in diverse communities this week to encourage participation in this year’s U.S. Census, officials said.

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.

California on Tuesday became the latest state to sue President Donald Trump over his executive order excluding people in the U.S. illegally from being counted when congressional districts are redrawn after this year’s census. The nation’s most populous state stands to lose a congressional seat if the president’s order stands, according to an analysis by the Pew Research Center....

Los Angeles County residents are falling behind the rest of the state in responding to the 2020 census, leading county officials to remind everyone that responses drive funding for health care, schools and senior services, among other critical needs. Los Angeles County is at risk of losing out on federal funding to respond to emergencies like COVID-19 and won’t have…

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.

Mayor Eric Garcetti said he will join volunteers Saturday in helping with the effort to get more people to complete the U.S. Census before the Aug. 14 deadline amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Garcetti said Friday during his COVID-19 pandemic update he is encouraging more people to join the Goodwill Ambassadors to volunteer to help residents complete the census, as only…

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...