The Census Bureau, operating with sharply reduced staffing, says it has enough money to continue preparing for the 2020 decennial survey for six to eight weeks, but experts say that estimate is optimistic given the complexity of the work at a crucial time in the run-up to the count. In […] Read more »
To Reduce Privacy Risks, the Census Plans to Report Less Accurate Data
When the Census Bureau gathered data in 2010, it made two promises. The form would be “quick and easy,” it said. And “your answers are protected by law.” But mathematical breakthroughs, easy access to more powerful computing, and widespread availability of large and varied public data sets have made the […] Read more »
In Donald Trump’s Census, Who Counts?
In November, an improbably riveting trial began in a courtroom in Foley Square in Lower Manhattan. The case was about a single sentence in the federal government’s endless output of forms and queries. It was also a defining clash over American identity. The plaintiffs in the trial, 18 states and […] Read more »
Why the Announcement of a Looming White Minority Makes Demographers Nervous
… In a nation preoccupied by race, the moment when white Americans will make up less than half the country’s population has become an object of fascination. For white nationalists, it signifies a kind of doomsday clock counting down to the end of racial and cultural dominance. For progressives who […] Read more »
Trump administration officials suggested sharing census responses with law enforcement, court documents show
Justice Department officials appeared to be considering ways to circumvent the confidentiality of census responses, according to documents filed Friday in a California legal challenge to adding a citizenship question to the decennial survey. CONT. Tara Bahrampour, Washington Post Read more »
Midterm elections are likely to change the calculus for post-2020 Census redistricting
The redistricting wars, which since 2010 have worked to the advantage of the Republicans, are about to take a potentially significant turn. The midterm elections, along with efforts in states to reduce partisan redistricting, are likely to make the post-2020 battles more competitive. … A Pew Research Center study last […] Read more »