Trump's hiring freeze has halted local head counts and could threaten the U.S. census
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Trump's hiring freeze has halted local head counts and could threaten the U.S. census

NPR  

Trump's hiring freeze has halted local head counts and could threaten the U.S. census toggle caption Tasos Katopodis/AFP via Getty Images Unless the White House changes its order, counting can't start in White House, Tenn. After Trump issued a memorandum in January restricting the federal government from hiring civilian employees, Corbitt says the bureau told local officials they had to pause their special census plans, which included rolling out an online questionnaire in February and sending door knockers to visit unresponsive households starting in April. Advocates of the U.S. census are watching to see how the hiring freeze could affect preparations for the national 2030 count, which is set to be used to determine each state's share of congressional seats, Electoral College votes and federal funding in the coming decade. With thousands of temporary workers needed for a major 2030 census field test coming up next year, the hiring freeze could derail efforts to improve the counts of people of color, young children and other historically undercounted populations, says Meeta Anand, senior program director of census and data equity at The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights.

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Republicans renew efforts to limit people in US illegally from census count
2 months, 1 week ago

Republicans renew efforts to limit people in US illegally from census count

Associated Press  

Republican efforts to exclude people in the U.S. illegally from numbers used to divvy up congressional seats among states have begun anew, with four Republican state attorneys general suing to alter the once-a-decade head count even before President Donald Trump’s second term in office began Monday. During his first term, Trump signed an order that would have excluded people in …

Report: 2020 US census helped guide distribution of $2.8 trillion in annual government spending
1 year, 9 months ago

Report: 2020 US census helped guide distribution of $2.8 trillion in annual government spending

Associated Press  

The head count of every U.S. resident in 2020 helped guide the distribution of $2.8 trillion in annual federal spending, underscoring the importance of participating in the once-a-decade census, according to a new report released Wednesday by the U.S. Census Bureau. There were 353 federal assistance programs that used the Census Bureau data in 2021 to steer the allocation of …

Simulation suggests 2020 census missed many noncitizens
1 year, 10 months ago

Simulation suggests 2020 census missed many noncitizens

Associated Press  

New results from a U.S. Census Bureau simulation indicate a significant number of noncitizens were missed in the 2020 census, a national head count during which the Trump administration tried to prevent people in the United States illegally from being tallied at all. Almost a fifth of noncitizens found in the administrative records had addresses that couldn’t be matched in …

Bill attempts to prevent political meddling in US head count
2 years, 8 months ago

Bill attempts to prevent political meddling in US head count

Associated Press  

New questions on a census form would have to be vetted by Congress and a U.S. Census Bureau director couldn’t be fired without cause under proposed legislation that attempts to prevent in the future the type of political interference into the nation’s 2020 head count that took place during the Trump administration. The legislation introduced this week in the U.S. …

In 2 states, 1 in 20 residents missed during US head count
2 years, 10 months ago

In 2 states, 1 in 20 residents missed during US head count

Associated Press  

Around 1 in 20 residents in Arkansas and Tennessee were missed during the 2020 census, and four other U.S. states had significant undercounts of their populations which could shortchange them of federal funding in the current decade, according to figures from a survey the U.S. Census Bureau released Thursday. Thursday’s release did not break down by demographic traits how good …

Let the challenges begin! Time for contesting census is here
3 years, 2 months ago

Let the challenges begin! Time for contesting census is here

Associated Press  

Detroit’s mayor believes tens of thousands of residents in the majority-Black city were missed in the 2020 census. At the start of the new year, the U.S. Census Bureau began accepting challenges from states, counties, cities and tribal nations about one of the most difficult counts in recent memory, due to the pandemic, political interference from the Trump administration, hurricanes …

Let the challenges begin! Time for contesting census is here
3 years, 2 months ago

Let the challenges begin! Time for contesting census is here

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. At the start of the new year, the U.S. …

Census Bureau works to improve confidence in 2020 head count
3 years, 3 months ago

Census Bureau works to improve confidence in 2020 head count

LA Times  

The Census Bureau is looking to improve trust in the numbers it gathered during the 2020 census by fixing problems caused by the unprecedented challenges of conducting a U.S. head count during a pandemic, natural disasters and efforts by the Trump administration to politicize the process. The Census Bureau announced last week that it will break with past practice and …

Report: Census hit by cyberattack, US count unaffected
3 years, 7 months ago

Report: Census hit by cyberattack, US count unaffected

Associated Press  

U.S. Census Bureau computer servers were exploited last year during a cybersecurity attack, but it didn’t involve the 2020 census, and hackers’ attempts to keep access to the system were unsuccessful, according to a watchdog report released Wednesday. According to the Office of Inspector General, the Census Bureau missed opportunities to limit its vulnerability to the attack and didn’t discover …

Census Finds U.S. Population Getting Less White And More Diverse
3 years, 7 months ago

Census Finds U.S. Population Getting Less White And More Diverse

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The Census Bureau on Thursday issued its most detailed portrait yet of how the U.S. has changed over the past decade, releasing a trove of demographic data that will be used to redraw political maps across an increasingly diverse country. The start of the 2020 census for most U.S. residents coincided with the spread of the coronavirus …

A look at what’s next in the release of 2020 census data
3 years, 11 months ago

A look at what’s next in the release of 2020 census data

Associated Press  

ORLANDO, Fla. — There were some genuine surprises in the first batch of data from the nation’s 2020 head count released this week by the U.S. Census Bureau. ___ IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THERE WOULD BE NO MATH The biggest task facing the Census Bureau between now and the release of the redistricting data in August and September is implementing …

The first batch of 2020 census data surprised many. A look at what’s next
3 years, 11 months ago

The first batch of 2020 census data surprised many. A look at what’s next

LA Times  

People walk on the sidewalks of New York on Monday. There were some genuine surprises in the first batch of data from the nation’s 2020 head count released this week by the U.S. Census Bureau. The 2020 census data released this week — state population counts of every resident — were just the tip of the iceberg of what’s coming …

Census data delay scrambles plans for state redistricting
4 years ago

Census data delay scrambles plans for state redistricting

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Stymied by delayed census data needed for redistricting, some states …

Census data delay scrambles plans for state redistricting
4 years ago

Census data delay scrambles plans for state redistricting

Associated Press  

Stymied by delayed census data needed for redistricting, some states are considering postponing their 2022 primaries or turning to other population estimates to start the once-a-decade task of redrawing voting districts used for U.S. House and state legislative elections. Democratic legislative leaders cited “constitutional turmoil” caused by late census data in asking the state Supreme Court to extend redistricting deadlines …

Census data for congressional seats still months away
4 years, 2 months ago

Census data for congressional seats still months away

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The numbers used for divvying …

Biden Ends Trump Census Policy, Ensuring All Persons Living In U.S. Are Counted
4 years, 2 months ago

Biden Ends Trump Census Policy, Ensuring All Persons Living In U.S. Are Counted

NPR  

Biden Ends Trump Census Policy, Ensuring All Persons Living In U.S. Are Counted Enlarge this image toggle caption Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call via Getty Images Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call via Getty Images Updated at 9:44 p.m. ET One of President Biden's first executive actions has reversed former President Donald Trump's unprecedented policy of altering a key census count by excluding …

Census Bureau makes last-minute push to tally non-citizens, watchdog says
4 years, 2 months ago

Census Bureau makes last-minute push to tally non-citizens, watchdog says

CNN  

CNN — Government officials balked when the Census Bureau set a last-minute deadline to assemble data on non-citizens as part of an apparent anti-immigration push by the Trump administration before leaving office, according to a new watchdog report. The Commerce Department’s inspector general, overseeing the 2020 Census, revealed on Tuesday that Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham told employees that a …

Census Bureau to miss deadline, jeopardizing Trump plan
4 years, 2 months ago

Census Bureau to miss deadline, jeopardizing Trump plan

Associated Press  

The Census Bureau will miss a year-end deadline for handing in numbers used for divvying up congressional seats, a delay that could undermine President Donald Trump’s efforts to exclude people in the country illegally from the count if the figures aren’t submitted before President-elect Joe Biden takes office. Once in office, Biden could rescind Trump’s presidential memorandum directing the Census …

Census Bureau to miss deadline, jeopardizing Trump plan
4 years, 2 months ago

Census Bureau to miss deadline, jeopardizing Trump plan

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Census Bureau plans to announce it will miss a …

With deadline looming, group wants more census documents
4 years, 3 months ago

With deadline looming, group wants more census documents

Associated Press  

With the Census Bureau days away from likely missing a year-end deadline for turning in numbers used for divvying up congressional seats, President Donald Trump’s administration still hasn’t turned over documents showing how it’s crunching the data on a shortened schedule, according to a coalition of municipal governments and civil rights groups. Attorneys for the municipalities and civil rights groups …

Flaws in US census count jeopardise Trump's plan to exclude illegal immigrants from congressional reapportionment
4 years, 3 months ago

Flaws in US census count jeopardise Trump's plan to exclude illegal immigrants from congressional reapportionment

Firstpost  

The move, unprecedented in American history, would produce an older, whiter, more rural population base for reallocating House seats that would mostly benefit Republicans, analysts say Washington: Census Bureau experts have uncovered serious flaws in a section of the 2020 headcount that potentially affect the enumeration of millions, according to people familiar with the census operations, delaying still further the …

Millions Of Census Records May Be Flawed, Jeopardizing Trump's Bid To Alter Count
4 years, 3 months ago

Millions Of Census Records May Be Flawed, Jeopardizing Trump's Bid To Alter Count

NPR  

Millions Of Census Records May Be Flawed, Jeopardizing Trump's Bid To Alter Count Enlarge this image toggle caption Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images The Census Bureau has found irregularities in records for this year's national tally that, if left unfixed, could miscount millions of people. This latest development enlarges the scale …

House committee chair presses Census on delays to count
4 years, 3 months ago

House committee chair presses Census on delays to count

Associated Press  

Internal U.S. Census Bureau documents indicate that it will be unable to meet a year-end deadline for handing in data used for allocating congressional seats as it deals with irregularities found in the numbers-crunching phase of the count, according to a Wednesday letter from the chair of the U.S. House committee that oversees the bureau. The letter from Democratic U.S. …

The Census Is Not Over: What's Ahead During The Biden Transition
4 years, 4 months ago

The Census Is Not Over: What's Ahead During The Biden Transition

NPR  

The Census Is Not Over: What's Ahead During The Biden Transition Enlarge this image toggle caption Photo illustration by Pavlo Conchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Photo illustration by Pavlo Conchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Counting has ended, but the 2020 census is not over yet — and it's likely to get tangled in the fraught transition to President-elect Joe Biden's …

Supreme Court halts census in latest twist of 2020 count
4 years, 5 months ago

Supreme Court halts census in latest twist of 2020 count

Associated Press  

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 and hard-to-enumerate communities are properly counted in the crucial once-a-decade tally. The Supreme Court justices’ ruling came as the nation’s largest association of statisticians, and even the U.S. Census Bureau’s own census takers and partners, …

US Supreme Court halts census in latest legal twist
4 years, 5 months ago

US Supreme Court halts census in latest legal twist

Al Jazeera  

The ruling allows the Census Bureau to wind down the counting of the 2020 US population a month earlier than originally planned in a blow to civil rights groups. The Trump administration argued that the headcount needed to end immediately so that the Census Bureau had enough time to crunch the numbers before a congressionally mandated year-end deadline for turning …

US official: 2020 census to end Oct. 5 despite court order
4 years, 6 months ago

US official: 2020 census to end Oct. 5 despite court order

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur …

Census Work Has Been Winding Down, But A Judge Says It Needs To Press On For Now
4 years, 6 months ago

Census Work Has Been Winding Down, But A Judge Says It Needs To Press On For Now

NPR  

Census Work Has Been Winding Down, But A Judge Says It Needs To Press On For Now Enlarge this image toggle caption Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg via Getty Images Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg via Getty Images Updated at 12:51 p.m. "Today's ruling buys the census some precious and indispensable time by barring the administration from shutting down the count while the federal …

Trump Is Trying To Rig The Census And Hopes You Won't Notice, Key Senator Warns
4 years, 6 months ago

Trump Is Trying To Rig The Census And Hopes You Won't Notice, Key Senator Warns

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump is trying to rig the 2020 census for political gain and his administration’s effort to quietly rush the national headcount will leave millions of people ― particularly communities of color ― politically weakened for at least a decade, a key senator is warning. “They don’t really want the American people to know …

Criticized over recent appointees, Census adds another hire
4 years, 7 months ago

Criticized over recent appointees, Census adds another hire

Associated Press  

ORLANDO, Fla. — Amid calls for investigations into whether two recent hires for top positions at the U.S. Census Bureau were politically motivated, the nation’s top statistical agency said Monday it was hiring a third new deputy director as the bureau enters the homestretch of its once-a-decade head count of every U.S. resident. Critics have said other efforts at politicizing …

'Not Enough Time': Census Workers Fear Rushing Count Could Botch Results
4 years, 7 months ago

'Not Enough Time': Census Workers Fear Rushing Count Could Botch Results

NPR  

'Not Enough Time': Census Workers Fear Rushing Count Could Botch Results Enlarge this image toggle caption LM Otero/AP LM Otero/AP With 50 days left to count every person living in the U.S., Census Bureau workers around the country are facing what many consider an increasingly impossible mission. Sponsor Message Asked for its backup plan in case it cannot complete door-knocking …

Census Bureau To Cut Counting Efforts A Month Short
4 years, 7 months ago

Census Bureau To Cut Counting Efforts A Month Short

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The Census Bureau will end its counting efforts for the 2020 census on Sept. 30, a month earlier than planned, the bureau’s director announced Monday. To help meet the earlier deadline, the bureau will include “enumerator awards and the hiring of more employees to accelerate the completion of data collection and apportionment counts by our statutory deadline …

Census Cuts All Counting Efforts Short By A Month
4 years, 7 months ago

Census Cuts All Counting Efforts Short By A Month

NPR  

Census Cuts All Counting Efforts Short By A Month Enlarge this image toggle caption LM Otero/AP LM Otero/AP Updated at 5:58 p.m. ET Thursday The U.S. Census Bureau is ending all counting efforts for the 2020 census on Sept. 30, a month sooner than previously announced, the bureau's director confirmed Monday in a statement. In a statement released Tuesday, four …

Republicans Signal They're Willing To Cut Census Counting Short
4 years, 8 months ago

Republicans Signal They're Willing To Cut Census Counting Short

NPR  

Republicans Signal They're Willing To Cut Census Counting Short Enlarge this image toggle caption Sarah Silbiger/Bloomberg via Getty Images Sarah Silbiger/Bloomberg via Getty Images Republicans in Congress are signaling that the Census Bureau cannot take the extra time it has said it needs to count every person living in the U.S. amid the coronavirus pandemic — even if that risks …

'We're Running Out Of Time': Census Turns To Congress To Push Deadlines
4 years, 10 months ago

'We're Running Out Of Time': Census Turns To Congress To Push Deadlines

NPR  

'We're Running Out Of Time': Census Turns To Congress To Push Deadlines Enlarge this image toggle caption Ted S. Warren/AP Ted S. Warren/AP A group of House Democrats introduced a bill Wednesday that would push back major deadlines for the 2020 census as requested by the U.S. Census Bureau because of the coronavirus pandemic. Sponsor Message Last month, bureau officials …

More Census Workers To Return To Rural Areas In 9 States To Leave Forms
4 years, 10 months ago

More Census Workers To Return To Rural Areas In 9 States To Leave Forms

NPR  

More Census Workers To Return To Rural Areas In 9 States To Leave Forms Enlarge this image toggle caption Matt Rourke/AP Matt Rourke/AP The Census Bureau says it is continuing the gradual relaunch of limited field operations for the 2020 census next week in nine states where the coronavirus pandemic forced the hand-delivery of paper forms in rural areas to …

Officials want delay in nation’s head count due to virus
4 years, 11 months ago

Officials want delay in nation’s head count due to virus

Associated Press  

ORLANDO, Fla. — The U.S. Census Bureau wants to delay deadlines for the 2020 head count of all U.S. residents because of the coronavirus outbreak, a move that if approved by lawmakers would push back timetables for releasing data used to draw congressional and legislative districts, officials said Monday. Census Bureau officials said they were postponing all field operations until …

Texts, not door-knocks: Census outreach shifts amid virus
5 years ago

Texts, not door-knocks: Census outreach shifts amid virus

Associated Press  

ORLANDO, Fla. — In tiny Munfordville, Kentucky, the closure of the public library has cut people off from a computer used only for filling out census forms online. We wouldn’t be able to do what we’re doing without it.” Although the U.S. Census Bureau is spending $500 million on outreach efforts, including advertising, it’s relying on more than 300,000 nonprofits, …

Census mails out more notices, judge tosses lawsuit by group
5 years ago

Census mails out more notices, judge tosses lawsuit by group

Associated Press  

ORLANDO, Fla. — The U.S. Census Bureau has mailed out a second round of notices reminding people to participate in the 2020 census, officials said Tuesday. The Census Bureau last week suspended field operations until the start of April, and pushed back the deadline for finishing the count by two weeks to mid-August. Meanwhile, a federal judge in New York …

US Census Bureau suspends field operations on virus concerns
5 years ago

US Census Bureau suspends field operations on virus concerns

Associated Press  

ORLANDO, Fla. — A week after starting its 2020 count for most of the U.S., the Census Bureau on Wednesday suspended field operations for two weeks out of concern about the health and safety of its workers and the U.S. public from the novel coronavirus. “The public is strongly encouraged to respond to the 2020 Census online using a desktop …

Lawmakers, Advocates Worry Bureau Won't Fill Half-Million 2020 Census Jobs
5 years, 1 month ago

Lawmakers, Advocates Worry Bureau Won't Fill Half-Million 2020 Census Jobs

NPR  

Lawmakers, Advocates Worry Bureau Won't Fill Half-Million 2020 Census Jobs Enlarge this image toggle caption Lynne Sladky/AP Lynne Sladky/AP Updated on Feb. 12 at 6:42 p.m. The bureau set its recruiting and hiring targets under what Olson calls the bureau's "worst-case scenario," in which 55% of the households expected to self-respond to the census do so. "I'm concerned that because …

The 2020 Census Is Coming Soon. Some States Don't Really Seem To Care.
5 years, 7 months ago

The 2020 Census Is Coming Soon. Some States Don't Really Seem To Care.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Some states are falling behind to prepare for the census ― even though doing so would give them more federal funding and more representation in Congress. Texas hasn’t appointed a statewide “complete count committee” to coordinate census efforts and ended its legislative session earlier this year without allocating any funds toward the decennial count. “If Texas would …

Hurdles Remain As The Final Countdown Begins For The 2020 Census
6 years, 2 months ago

Hurdles Remain As The Final Countdown Begins For The 2020 Census

NPR  

Hurdles Remain As The Final Countdown Begins For The 2020 Census Enlarge this image toggle caption Andrew Harnik/AP Andrew Harnik/AP Updated Jan. 18 at 6:12 p.m. In case the shutdown lasts longer — as Trump has threatened — the Census Bureau has started looking into ways to "extend the length of the funds without notable programmatic slowdowns," the agency's statement …

Transcript: Census Bureau Acting Director Ron Jarmin's Interview With NPR
6 years, 8 months ago

Transcript: Census Bureau Acting Director Ron Jarmin's Interview With NPR

NPR  

Transcript: Census Bureau Acting Director Ron Jarmin's Interview With NPR Enlarge this image toggle caption Claire Harbage/NPR Claire Harbage/NPR Editor's note: NPR National Correspondent Hansi Lo Wang spoke with the U.S. Census Bureau's Acting Director Ron Jarmin in an exclusive interview — Jarmin's first with a news organization since stepping in last July to lead the federal government's largest statistical …

US Census Fast Facts
11 years, 7 months ago

US Census Fast Facts

CNN  

Here's some background information about the census, a count of US residents that takes place every 10 years. June 27, 2019 - The Supreme Court The Supreme Court issues a 5-4 ruling that blocks the citizenship question from being added to the 2020 Census. July 11, 2019 - Trump issues an executive action directing the Commerce Department to obtain citizenship …

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