Trump Administration's Uncertain Citizenship Question Plans Put Census At Risk The Trump administration appears to have delayed the printing of 1.5 billion paper forms and other mailings for next year's count as it decides whether to try again to add a citizenship question.Heard onToggle more optionsUpdated at 3:56 p.m. ET The Trump administration appears to have missed its own deadline Monday to start the printing of paper forms and other mailings that will play a key role in next year's constitutionally mandated head count of every person living in the U.S. As of Monday evening, the 2020...…Trump Administration's Uncertain Citizenship Question Plans Put Census At Risk The Trump administration appears to have delayed the printing of 1.5 billion paper forms and other mailings for next year's count as it decides whether to try again to add a citizenship question.Heard onToggle more optionsUpdated at 3:56 p.m. ET The Trump administration appears to have missed its own deadline Monday to start the printing of paper forms and other mailings that will play a key role in next year's constitutionally mandated head count of every person living in the U.S. As of Monday evening, the 2020...WW…

Iowa, Neb., SC, SD Share Driver's License Info For Trump Request Iowa, Nebraska, South Carolina and South Dakota have agreed to share their records to help the Trump administration produce citizenship data for use when voting districts are redrawn, NPR has learned.Updated Wednesday at 3:21 p.m. ET To help figure out the U.S. citizenship status of every adult living in the country, the Trump administration has made agreements to accumulate driver's license and state identification card information from states including Iowa, Nebraska, South Carolina and South Dakota, NPR has learned. In the...…Iowa, Neb., SC, SD Share Driver's License Info For Trump Request Iowa, Nebraska, South Carolina and South Dakota have agreed to share their records to help the Trump administration produce citizenship data for use when voting districts are redrawn, NPR has learned.Updated Wednesday at 3:21 p.m. ET To help figure out the U.S. citizenship status of every adult living in the country, the Trump administration has made agreements to accumulate driver's license and state identification card information from states including Iowa, Nebraska, South Carolina and South Dakota, NPR has learned. In the...WW…

Coronavirus Adds Another Challenge To Beleagured 2020 Census The Census Bureau is relying on public participation in the 2020 census to produce accurate data about the country. But earning the public's trust has been especially difficult this time around.Heard onToggle more optionsThe Census Bureau is relying on public participation in the 2020 census to produce accurate data about the country. But earning the public's trust has been especially difficult this time around.RACHEL MARTIN, HOST:After more than a decade of planning, today households will start to get information about how to...…Coronavirus Adds Another Challenge To Beleagured 2020 Census The Census Bureau is relying on public participation in the 2020 census to produce accurate data about the country. But earning the public's trust has been especially difficult this time around.Heard onToggle more optionsThe Census Bureau is relying on public participation in the 2020 census to produce accurate data about the country. But earning the public's trust has been especially difficult this time around.RACHEL MARTIN, HOST:After more than a decade of planning, today households will start to get information about how to...WW…

Trump Officials Send Mixed Signals On Citizenship And Apportionment After Census Recent remarks raise concerns the Trump administration won't follow more than 200 years of precedent in dividing up seats in Congress based on population counts that include unauthorized immigrants.Recent statements by Census Bureau and Justice Department officials have raised the question of whether the Trump administration plans to diverge from more than two centuries of precedent in how the country's congressional seats and Electoral College votes are divvied up. Since the first U.S. census in 1790, the...…Trump Officials Send Mixed Signals On Citizenship And Apportionment After Census Recent remarks raise concerns the Trump administration won't follow more than 200 years of precedent in dividing up seats in Congress based on population counts that include unauthorized immigrants.Recent statements by Census Bureau and Justice Department officials have raised the question of whether the Trump administration plans to diverge from more than two centuries of precedent in how the country's congressional seats and Electoral College votes are divvied up. Since the first U.S. census in 1790, the...WW…

2020 Census Update: More Rural Communities To Have Paper Forms Hand-Delivered : Coronavirus Updates The Census Bureau says it plans to continue its relaunch of limited 2020 census operations on May 13, when the next round of workers is set to resume hand-delivering paper forms in rural communities.The Census Bureau says it is continuing the for the 2020 census next week in nine states where the coronavirus pandemic forced the hand-delivery of paper forms in rural areas to be suspended in mid-March. On May 13, some local census offices in Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, North...…2020 Census Update: More Rural Communities To Have Paper Forms Hand-Delivered : Coronavirus Updates The Census Bureau says it plans to continue its relaunch of limited 2020 census operations on May 13, when the next round of workers is set to resume hand-delivering paper forms in rural communities.The Census Bureau says it is continuing the for the 2020 census next week in nine states where the coronavirus pandemic forced the hand-delivery of paper forms in rural areas to be suspended in mid-March. On May 13, some local census offices in Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, North...WW…

More Census Forms To Be Left Outside Puerto Rico's Homes : Coronavirus Updates The coronavirus stopped the hand-delivery of paper census forms to homes in Puerto Rico and remote communities in the states. The delays have kept their response rates lower than the national average.More than two months after the national roll-out of the 2020 census, most households in Puerto Rico are set to finally receive official instructions on how to participate in the count starting next week, the . The coronavirus outbreak forced census field operations on the island to stop in March, but census workers...…More Census Forms To Be Left Outside Puerto Rico's Homes : Coronavirus Updates The coronavirus stopped the hand-delivery of paper census forms to homes in Puerto Rico and remote communities in the states. The delays have kept their response rates lower than the national average.More than two months after the national roll-out of the 2020 census, most households in Puerto Rico are set to finally receive official instructions on how to participate in the count starting next week, the . The coronavirus outbreak forced census field operations on the island to stop in March, but census workers...WW…

Trump Issues Memo On The Census And Unauthorized Immigrants The president is calling for unauthorized immigrants to be excluded from census numbers used to divide seats in Congress. The Constitution says the count must include every person living in the U.S.Heard onToggle more optionsUpdated at 6:34 p.m. ET President Trump released Tuesday that calls for an unprecedented change to the constitutionally mandated count of every person living in the country — the exclusion of unauthorized immigrants from the numbers used to divide up seats in Congress among the states. The memo instructs...…Trump Issues Memo On The Census And Unauthorized Immigrants The president is calling for unauthorized immigrants to be excluded from census numbers used to divide seats in Congress. The Constitution says the count must include every person living in the U.S.Heard onToggle more optionsUpdated at 6:34 p.m. ET President Trump released Tuesday that calls for an unprecedented change to the constitutionally mandated count of every person living in the country — the exclusion of unauthorized immigrants from the numbers used to divide up seats in Congress among the states. The memo instructs...WW…

Benjamin Overholt Appointed To Census Bureau As 3rd Deputy Director The third political appointment at the bureau in less than two months comes amid growing concerns about the Trump administration interfering with the 2020 census to benefit Republicans.Heard onToggle more optionsUpdated at 1:13 p.m. ET Wednesday In an extraordinary move, the Trump administration has added a third deputy director to the U.S. Census Bureau amid mounting concerns of political interference with the 2020 census, the bureau announced Monday. As the new deputy director for data, Benjamin Overholt will "support the...…Benjamin Overholt Appointed To Census Bureau As 3rd Deputy Director The third political appointment at the bureau in less than two months comes amid growing concerns about the Trump administration interfering with the 2020 census to benefit Republicans.Heard onToggle more optionsUpdated at 1:13 p.m. ET Wednesday In an extraordinary move, the Trump administration has added a third deputy director to the U.S. Census Bureau amid mounting concerns of political interference with the 2020 census, the bureau announced Monday. As the new deputy director for data, Benjamin Overholt will "support the...WW…

Census Bureau Workers Worry Rushed Count May Yield Inaccurate Data Already hampered by the coronavirus, Census Bureau workers are now scrambling to visit households that haven't filled out a 2020 census form, trying to finish a count that's been cut short by a month.Heard onToggle more optionsWith 50 days left to count every person living in the U.S., Census Bureau workers around the country are facing what many consider an increasingly impossible mission. Already hampered by the coronavirus pandemic, has exacerbated lingering challenges in dealing with health risks, and for the 2020...…Census Bureau Workers Worry Rushed Count May Yield Inaccurate Data Already hampered by the coronavirus, Census Bureau workers are now scrambling to visit households that haven't filled out a 2020 census form, trying to finish a count that's been cut short by a month.Heard onToggle more optionsWith 50 days left to count every person living in the U.S., Census Bureau workers around the country are facing what many consider an increasingly impossible mission. Already hampered by the coronavirus pandemic, has exacerbated lingering challenges in dealing with health risks, and for the 2020...WW…

Census Bureau To End All Counting Efforts On Sept. 30 Under pressure to meet legal deadlines that Congress hasn't changed despite pandemic-related delays, the Census Bureau announced a new end date after NPR reported that door knocking will be cut short.Heard onToggle more optionsUpdated at 5:58 p.m. ET Thursday The U.S. Census Bureau is ending all counting efforts for the 2020 census on Sept. 30, a month sooner than previously announced, the bureau's director confirmed Monday in . That includes critical door-knocking efforts and , and by mail. The latest updates to the bureau's plans are...…Census Bureau To End All Counting Efforts On Sept. 30 Under pressure to meet legal deadlines that Congress hasn't changed despite pandemic-related delays, the Census Bureau announced a new end date after NPR reported that door knocking will be cut short.Heard onToggle more optionsUpdated at 5:58 p.m. ET Thursday The U.S. Census Bureau is ending all counting efforts for the 2020 census on Sept. 30, a month sooner than previously announced, the bureau's director confirmed Monday in . That includes critical door-knocking efforts and , and by mail. The latest updates to the bureau's plans are...WW…