Census Bureau
Today’s Census Attacks Mirror a Century Old Republican-Led Constitutional Crisis
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08.14.26 | 4:11 pm
READ: A New Draft Rule for the Census Seeks Sweeping Changes to How Political Power Is Allocated
TPM is publishing the Trump administration’s plan for changes to political apportionment and Census data collection.
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08.11.26 | 3:10 pm
Census Bureau Officials Field Questions About Politicization and Data Loss After Controversial Rule Change
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08.07.26 | 7:00 am
Trump Administration May Add Immigration Status Question on Census to Influence Apportionment, Experts Warn
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07.15.26 | 3:53 pm
Census Bureau Quietly Scraps Plan for Improved Data Collection on Race and Ethnicity
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06.26.26 | 9:00 am
Trump Admin Slowrolls Census Effort To Accurately Count Non-White Americans
The failure to adopt a new federal data collection standard ahead of the 2030 Census risks significantly further diminishing the political and economic power of non-white voters, experts tell TPM. 
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10.31.25 | 7:30 am
Trump’s Attack on Data Has ‘Dangerous Trickle-Down Effect’ for America’s Most Vulnerable
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08.07.25 | 11:49 am
2020 Census Undercounted Hispanic Americans At Triple The Rate Of 2010
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03.10.22 | 4:29 pm
A 2020 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident, is shown in Detroit, Sunday, April 5, 2020. The Census Bureau is required by federal statute to send the president the counts that will be used to carve up congressional districts — known as apportionment — and draw state legislative districts by Dec. 31. The new coronavirus COVID-19 spread forced the U.S. Census Bureau to suspend field operations (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) A 2020 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident, is shown in Detroit, Sunday, April 5, 2020. The Census Bureau is required by federal statute to send the president the counts that will be used to carve up congressional districts — known as apportionment — and draw state legislative districts by Dec. 31. The new coronavirus COVID-19 spread forced the U.S. Census Bureau to suspend field operations (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Biden Picks Prominent Statistics Expert To Be First Latino Census Bureau Director
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04.13.21 | 4:58 pm
Census Flags Big Delays In Data Release That Could Squeeze States’ Electoral Calendars
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01.27.21 | 5:05 pm