U.S. Census Bureau

Glenda Joe, center, encourages students to help their parents fill out the 2020 census during a Make Youth Count meeting on Feb. 15, 2020.

Texas

The U.S. census estimates it missed more than a half-million Texans during 2020 count

Alexa Ura

Immigrants, people living in poverty and non-English speakers were among the most likely to be missed, yet the crucial count received lackluster promotion by Texas state government.

Robert Santos, president of the American Statistical Association, has been approved to lead the U.S. Census Bureau as its new Senate-confirmed director through 2026.

Politics

The Senate has confirmed the first Latino to lead the U.S. census, Robert Santos

Hansi Lo Wang

Robert Santos, one of the country's leading statisticians, is set to lead the Census Bureau through 2026 during key preparations for the next head count that forms U.S. democracy's foundations.

A resident of Reading, Pa., fills out a U.S. census form in 2010. The White House's Office of Management and Budget says it's reviewing proposals that the Census Bureau's researchers say would allow the census to gather more accurate race and ethnicity data about Latinos and people with Middle Eastern or North African origins.

Politics

Biden Is Reviving An Effort To Change How The Census Asks About Race And Ethnicity

Hansi Lo Wang

The Trump administration had stalled on reviewing the proposals, which the Census Bureau says would produce more accurate data about Latinos and people with roots in the Middle East or North Africa.

Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham, a Trump appointee who wore a "2020 Census" mask while swearing in to testify before a congressional hearing last year, is set to leave on Jan. 20, months before his term ends on Dec. 31.

Politics

Trump's Census Director To Quit After Trying To Rush Out 'Indefensible' Report

Hansi Lo Wang

After whistleblowers revealed Director Steven Dillingham was quietly pushing for a "statistically indefensible" report, calls have been growing for him to leave before his term expires at year's end.

A "very small section" of the Census Bureau, sometime between 1910 and 1930.

Politics

The 2020 Census Has Set Off Political Fights. 100 Years Ago, It Did Too.

Before the 2020 Census even began, it kicked off spirited fights.A Supreme Court case, decided last year, blocked a Trump administration proposal to ask…

Life & Arts

Census Projects Children Of Color Will Make Up Majority Of U.S. Kids This Year

Demographers project that whites will become a minority in the U.S. in around 2045, dropping below 50% of the population.That’s a quarter-century from now…