Manager ordered census layoffs despite judge's ruling

The census manager also suggested that supervisors should unofficially plan on wrapping up their work by Saturday, 11 days short of the Sept. 30 deadline for ending the 2...

Gay marriages rise 5 years after Supreme Court ruling

The survey revealed noticeable economic differences between male couples and female couples, as well as same-sex couples and opposite-sex couples. Same-sex married couple...

Trump appeals order blocking exclusion in district drawing

It wasn't immediately clear whether an appellate court or the U.S. Supreme Court will get the case next since the Trump administration filed notices for both courts. A pa...

Senators push for extra census time, as court prods deadline

If an extra month were added, it would reduce the amount of time for data processing before the end-of-the-year deadline, said Brad Rosenberg, a government attorney. “It'...

While income in the US rose in 2019, so did the uninsured

Median household income in 2019 was $68,703, an increase of 6.8% from the previous year. That figure surpassed past boom-before-the bust years in 2007, when it was $62,09...

Judge chastises government for not producing census records

Earlier this month, Koh issued a temporary restraining order prohibiting the Census Bureau from winding down 2020 census filed operations until a hearing is held Thursday...

Judges: Trump can't exclude people from district drawings

NEW YORK – A panel of three federal judges on Thursday blocked an order from President Donald Trump that tried to exclude people in the country illegally from the process...

Despite judge's order, plans being made for census layoffs

Census Bureau spokesman Michael Cook said no directive to make such ratings has been made from headquarters or the six regional offices across the county. In response to ...

7 Census kiosks set up in Orange County

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. Seven Census kiosks have been set up in Orange County. The kiosks are available at seven different community centers in Orange County and will be ope...

'It's going horribly': College towns fret about census count

The confusion has enormous implications for college towns, which may face severe shortfalls in federal dollars and a dilution of political power. The Census Bureau sought...

Census Bureau stops layoffs for door knockers after order

FILE - This Sunday, April 5, 2020, photo shows an envelope containing a 2020 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident in Detroit. The U.S. Census Bureau has spent much of ...

Battered by the virus, tribes race to boost census count

Some predict a historic undercount of Native Americans in this year's census as the coronavirus complicates efforts to encourage participation. Only 24% of residents of M...

Census Bureau must temporarily halt winding down operations.

The U.S. Census Bureau has spent much of the past year defending itself against allegations that its duties have been overtaken by politics. Scott Applewhite, File)ORLAND...

Groups ask for restraining order to stop census wind-down

ORLANDO, Fla. A day after the U.S. Census Bureau said that it has already taken steps to wind down operations for the 2020 census, a coalition of cities, counties and ci...

Cities sue Census Bureau over ending 2020 head count early

The lawsuit filed in federal court in San Jose against the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Commerce, which oversees the statistical agency, asks a judge to ...

Watchdog chastises Census for missing laptops used for count

After the address-canvassing phase ended last October, the 55,000 laptops used for the verification were supposed to be shipped to a contractor so they could be scrubbed ...

Bourbon-scented sanitizer and wary public challenge census

Up to a half million census takers started hitting the streets last week to knock on the doors of around 56 million homes that havent yet responded to the 2020 census. Se...

Census Bureau adds emails, phone calls to door-knocking

The U.S. Census Bureau said Friday it was sending out emails to homes in neighborhoods where the response rate was less than 50%. The Census Bureau said it expects to sen...

Census officials face subpoenas if they refuse interviews

Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham wears a mask with the words "2020 Census" as he arrives to testify before a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on th...

Census Bureau drop-outs complicate door-knocking efforts

With widespread home visits for the 2020 census set to begin next week, the Census Bureau is losing workers like Garick to pandemic fears. Bureau officials acknowledge th...

Census Bureau drop-outs complicate door-knocking efforts

With widespread home visits for the 2020 census set to begin next week, the Census Bureau is losing workers like Garick to pandemic fears. Bureau officials acknowledge th...

States ask that Trump's district drawing order be stopped

ORLANDO, Fla. A coalition of states, cities and civil rights groups on Friday asked a federal judge to declare as unconstitutional President Donald Trump's order seeking...

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...