Census whiplashed by changing deadlines, accuracy concerns

The Supreme Courts decision to allow the Trump administration to end the 2020 census was another case of whiplash for the census, which has faced stops from the pandemic,...

Politics has way of finding Supreme Court eager to avoid it

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court might prefer to avoid politics, but politics has a way of finding the court. And Trump is hoping to have his third high court nominee, Judg...

For 3rd time, groups seek end to Trump order on House seats

The Trump administration has appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Trump administration on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to put Koh's order on hold. Although the le...

Appellate judges let 2020 census continue through October

Koh also struck down an Oct. 5 end date that the Commerce Department, which oversees the Census Bureau, had pushed after the injunction, saying it violated her order. Act...

Appellate judges let 2020 census continue through October

Koh also struck down an Oct. 5 end date that the Commerce Department, which oversees the Census Bureau, had pushed after the injunction, saying it violated her order. Act...

Census head says order is being obeyed, but gripes continue

The judge also required the Census Bureau to send out a text last Friday to all staff working on the 2020 census that said the head count of every U.S. resident was conti...

Trump lawyer: Census could be done if not for court meddling

But the 2020 census deadline remains in flux, making it uncertain if census takers will finish counting the vast, rural state. An attorney for the Trump administration ur...

Judge: Census violated order; demands mass text to workers

But the 2020 census deadline remains in flux, making it uncertain if census takers will finish counting the vast, rural state. Judge Koh wrote in Thursday's decision that...

Jobs report shows fewer hires as recovery loses momentum

Nonfarm payrolls rose by a lower than expected 661,000 in September and the unemployment rate was 7.9%, the Labor Department said Friday in the final jobs report before t...

Trump adds to election anxiety by pushing legal boundaries

His administration violated a judge's order on the 2020 census and could be held in contempt. And in the heat of a presidential campaign, that track record only adds to a...

Facebook tightens political ad bans as US election nears

WASHINGTON – With just over a month to go before Americans head en masse to the polls in an extraordinarily contentious election, Facebook is expanding restrictions on po...

Census takers: We're being told to finish early, cut corners

A San Francisco census taker, whose name was redacted in the email, was instructed to turn in census equipment on Wednesday since field operations were ending. The census...

Montana presses to finish census, eyeing 2nd House seat

But the 2020 census deadline remains in flux, making it uncertain if census takers will finish counting the vast, rural state. But the 2020 census deadline remains in flu...

Judge says ending 2020 census on Oct. 5 may violate order

Last week, the San Jose, California, judge suspended the U.S. Census Bureau’s deadline for ending the head count on Wednesday, which automatically reverted the deadline b...

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

ORLANDO, Fla. – U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross says the 2020 census will end Oct. 5, despite a federal judge's ruling last week that the head count of every U.S. ...

2020 census must continue for another month, judge rules

Previously, the Census Bureau had only half that time for data processing, from the start of October until the end of December. The San Jose, California-based judge earli...

Order forces Census to do more visits, rely less on records

That likely has increased the workload of the door-knocking census takers, causing slight decreases in completion rates for the moment. Asked for comment, a spokesman for...

This Central Florida county leads the way in Census responses

The self-response rate for the nation currently sits at 66.2%. Here in Central Florida, one county leads the state when it comes to the self-response rate. County Respons...

With 95% homes hit, feds say no need for census extension

Census Bureau officials say they are on target to meet their goal of reaching at least 99% of U.S. households by the end of the month. In an internal email sent to other ...

Trump asks Supreme Court for fast action in census case

WASHINGTON – The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court for fast action on its effort, blocked by a lower court, to exclude people in the U.S. illegally from th...

Census takers head to homeless shelters, outdoor camps

Over three days and nights this week, census takers are going to shelters, soup kitchens, mobile food van stops and other places across the U.S. where homeless people oft...

Report: Order to shorten count wasn't made by Census Bureau

The accelerated schedule “increases the risks to the accuracy of the 2020 Census," the Inspector General report said. At least two Census Bureau officials interviewed by ...

Wildfires and hurricanes disrupt final weeks of 2020 census

The Census Bureau is contending with several natural disasters as wildfires and hurricanes disrupt the final weeks of the nations once-a-decade headcount. (AP Photo/Geral...

‘We just need to be counted:’ Orlando commissioner ramping up census response efforts as deadline approaches

ORLANDO, Fla. – With less than two weeks until the deadline to complete the 2020 Census, an Orlando city commissioner is taking his efforts to the streets to get more peo...

Rural areas, tribal lands hit hardest by census interruption

Rio Arriba County, where a language other than English is spoken in over half of homes, is at the bottom at 9%. This pandemic makes it all the more challenging, said Javi...

Housing market falling short by nearly 4 million homes as demand grows

The U.S. housing market is short nearly 4 million homes, according to new analysis from realtor.com. Analyzing U.S. census data, the report showed that the 5.9 million si...