Census

The U.S. Census Bureau on Monday released state population totals that determine the number of House seats each state gets out of 435. According to the data, southern states grew the fastest, with a 10.2% overall increase in population.

California’s population growth has slipped over the past decade at the lowest rate since at least 1900. Therefore, the state is facing the prospect of losing a U.S. House seat for the first time in history.

The Census Bureau’s missed deadlines could spell bad news for Democrats in Virginia and Republicans in New Jersey in legislative elections this year

The U.S. Census Bureau is aiming to deliver the long-delayed numbers used for divvying up congressional seats by the end of April

The Census Bureau says it will miss a year-end deadline for handing in numbers used for divvying up congressional seats.

When census takers tried to count the nation’s homeless population, they ran into many problems that could threaten the accuracy of the effort

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 Supreme Court has dismissed as premature a challenge to President Donald Trump’s plan to exclude people living in the country illegally from the population count used to allot states seats in the House of Representatives

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.