The United States is currently undertaking its population census, the once-a-decade effort to count every single person living here. More than 150 other countries will join in this world census ...

President Trump said Thursday that he is ordering his administration to begin work on a new census that excludes undocumented immigrants from the national tally of people living in the United States. ...

We explain what the next census could look like. By K.K. Rebecca Lai [This article is also a weekly newsletter. Sign up for Race/Related here.] In light of the Biden administration’s proposed changes ...

New results from the 2020 census are out. They will be used to draw voting districts, including for Congress. But there are limitations to what the data can tell us about the country's demographics.

Census taker talking with a housewife on porch of her home, c. 1940. Census taker talking with a housewife on porch of her home, c. 1940.Hansel Mieth—The LIFE Picture Collection / Getty Images There ...

The 2020 Census undercounted the Black, Latino and indigenous populations, even more so than in the last decade's Census. The undercount comes after delays of data collection caused by COVID-19 and an ...

Some experts are arguing that it’s time for the census to aggressively make use of government data and other sources to augment its own decennial count. By Michael Wines WASHINGTON — Beyond the ...

No census in the U.S. has been perfect. Exactly how imperfect the national head count was in 2020 may start to be revealed in a report the Census Bureau is set to release Thursday. While the 2020 ...

President Trump’s call to exclude those without legal status from the census could reshape the country’s congressional districts. But opponents argue that it would violate the 14th Amendment’s ...

The U.S. Census Bureau has long asked people about their citizenship status, including under former President Barack Obama. The last time the decennial census came close to asking every household ...

Census Day has come and gone, but if you haven't filled out your online form yet, you still have time before the Census Bureau comes to you. We'll tell you what to do. Clifford led How To coverage. He ...