Everyone knew Hispanics were at risk of being undercounted in the 2020 Census, because the Trump administration gave every indication of wanting them undercounted. The administration’s hard-line anti-immigrant policies, after all, extended to the census. As commerce secretary, Wilbur Ross attempted to get a citizenship question added to the survey, […] Read more »
American Attitudes and U.S. Population Growth
The U.S. Census Bureau’s announcement that the country’s population grew 7.4% over the past decade to 331,449,281 may seem like significant growth — but in reality, it represents the second-lowest decade-to-decade growth rate since the U.S. Census began in 1790, behind only the stagnant growth of the 1930s during the […] Read more »
Despite Pandemic Challenges, 2020 Election Had Largest Increase in Voting Between Presidential Elections on Record
Despite unique challenges to voter registration and voting created by COVID-19 and heightened concerns about turnout as a result, the 2020 election had the highest voter turnout of the 21st century. The 2020 election featured the largest increase in voters between two presidential elections on record with 17 million more […] Read more »
2020 Census: What the Reapportionment Numbers Mean
Today, the Census Bureau unveiled its official 2020 state population counts, determining how many House seats and Electoral votes each state will receive for the next decade. The detailed data needed to draw official district lines won’t be released until the fall. But Republicans, who only need to pick up […] Read more »
Texas gains Congress seats, Calif. loses first time
America’s population growth has declined to its slowest rate since the Great Depression, the Census Bureau said Monday, while the nation’s political center of gravity keeps shifting further to the Republican-led South and West. Texas, Florida and other Sun Belt states are gaining congressional seats as chillier climes like New […] Read more »
Biden picks first person of color to head Census Bureau
President Joe Biden on Tuesday said he would pick the president of the American Statistical Association to lead the U.S. Census Bureau as it works toward releasing data from the 2020 census that will be used for redrawing congressional and legislative districts. If confirmed, Robert Santos, who is Mexican-American, would […] Read more »