Census 2020

New census data shows declining populations in rural areas and some Rust Belt cities, which could make them targets during redistricting for the U.S. House.

While Democrats and Republicans battle over voting rights, election integrity, and rules regarding mail ballots, relatively few in Washington have turned up the heat on gerrymandering, a uniquely American problem that winds up disenfranchising tens of millions of American voters. Armed with the new Census data released last week, political groups across the country have started the once-in-a-decade process of...

Gerrymandering is a uniquely American problem that ends up disenfranchising tens of millions of American voters. NBCLX Political Editor Noah Pransky used his favorite candy to explain what it is and how it may be solved.

Data released Thursday from the 2020 census show Illinois grew more diverse, multiracial and urban over the past decade, just like the nation overall

You’ve probably heard of gerrymandering, the term for when politicians redraw political districts to either consolidate power — or break up their opponents’ supporters. But you probably don’t know that it dates back to the earliest years of the country and was named after a district that looked like a salamander. And you also may not know how it directly...

For the fifth consecutive census, Illinois has lost a Congressional seat, and NBC 5’s Mary Ann Ahern has more on what we learned as census data was released Monday.

For the fifth consecutive United States census, the state of Illinois has lost a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, making it one of seven states to lose a seat in the legislative body. Under provisions of the Permanent Apportionment Act of 1929, the number of representatives in the House has been fixed at 435, meaning that any changes…

The U.S. Census Bureau on Monday released state population totals that determine the number of House seats each state gets out of 435. According to the data, southern states grew the fastest, with a 10.2% overall increase in population.

As the once-a-decade redistricting conflicts heat up across the country, both Republicans and Democrats are wrestling with how far to press their advantage in a process as consequential as any election.

The Census Bureau’s missed deadlines could spell bad news for Democrats in Virginia and Republicans in New Jersey in legislative elections this year

The U.S. Census Bureau is aiming to deliver the long-delayed numbers used for divvying up congressional seats by the end of April

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.