Census 2020

A Trump administration attorney says the numbers used for deciding how many congressional seats each state gets won’t be ready until February.

The U.S. population grew by the smallest rate in at least 120 years from 2019 to 2020

The fate of this year’s census remains uncertain as the deadline to finalize the numbers approaches and experts express doubt about the government’s ability to produce an accurate count of the country under such tight constraints.

From tribal lands in the Southwest to storm-battered Louisiana, the U.S. Census Bureau did not achieve its goal of reaching 99% of households during the 2020 census

The Supreme Court has agreed to take up President Donald Trump’s policy, blocked by a lower court, to exclude people living in the U.S. illegally from the census count that will be used to allocate seats in the House of Representatives

The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that the Trump administration can end census field operations early, in a blow to efforts to make sure minorities are properly counted in the crucial once-a-decade tally. The decision was not a total loss for plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging the administration’s decision to end the count early. They managed to get nearly...

The U.S. secretary of Commerce says the 2020 census will end Oct. 5, despite a federal judge’s ruling last week that the head count of every U.S. resident should continue through the end of October, according to a tweet posted on the Census Bureau’s website Monday

A federal judge has stopped the 2020 census from finishing at the end of September

The Census Bureau is contending with several natural disasters as wildfires and hurricanes disrupt the final weeks of the nation’s once-a-decade headcount.

The 2020 census deadline is fast approaching, and much of Chicago is lagging behind. The future of funding from the federal government depends on the amount of residents accounted for, so leaders are making a final push to get people to do their part. NBC 5’s Lexi Sutter reports.

The census count in Chicago is lagging behind the rest of Illinois, particularly in Black and Hispanic neighborhoods in the city. The undercount, just weeks before the deadline, has neighborhood groups and census officials working to boost participation. Illinois’ response rate is 70%, which is slightly higher than the national average. But the city’s rate is roughly 59% with some…

Federal judges have blocked an order from President Donald Trump that tried to exclude people in the country illegally from being counted when congressional districts are redrawn.

It’s been an unprecedented year for the once-a-decade head count

If you haven’t filled out the 2020 census form yet, you may be getting an email, call or questionnaire in the mail asking you to answer the questions

If President Donald Trump succeeds in getting immigrants in the country illegally excluded from being counted in the redrawing of U.S. House districts, California, Florida and Texas would end up with one less congressional seat.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot challenges Chicago to complete the census and the ward with the greatest percentage of responses wins ice cream. NBC 5’s Kye Martin explains how it works.