U.S. Census Bureau

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.

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.

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.

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…

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…