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WATCH: What You Need to Know About the 2020 Census
By: PBS Newshour
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This week, the United States Census Department rolls out their 2020 census nationwide, aiming to count everyone living in the country and the U.S. territories. The findings will determine how… Read More
![Demonstrators rally in Washington, D.C., in April 2019 against the now-blocked citizenship question that the Trump administration tried and failed to get on the 2020 census forms.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/gettyimages-1138923217-b4dbba54278ed1dbdae24d3f5720b0046289b055-scaled-e1583443550729-900x422.jpg)
10 Census Facts That Bust Common Myths About The 2020 U.S. Head Count
By: Hansi Lo Wang | NPR
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It happens only once a decade, so it can be hard to make sense of the census. NPR’s census reporter has rounded up facts that debunk some of the most common misconceptions about the national count.
![The Census Bureau is turning to existing government records, such as state driver's licenses, to try to fill in gaps in the incomplete responses it collects from its survey.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/gettyimages-1154795152-b8e3390fed69d686d3e8e0419aceadc4d5076133-e1571260780524-900x422.jpg)
Census Bureau Asks States For Driver’s License Records To Produce Citizenship Data
By: Hansi Lo Wang | NPR
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The Census Bureau is gathering records on people’s U.S. citizenship status as part of Trump administration efforts to produce data that a GOP strategist said could politically benefit Republicans.
![President Trump speaks at the White House in Washington, D.C., in 2018.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/gettyimages-963722080-913025e20501cf4bd0832373ac443cab4ea8e192-e1562864655417-900x422.jpg)
Trump Expected To Renew Push For Census Citizenship Question With Executive Action
By: Hansi Lo Wang | Franco Ordoñez | NPR
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After the Supreme Court ruled to keep a citizenship question off forms for the upcoming national head count, the Trump administration is now trying to add the question by taking executive action.
![The printing of 1.5 billion paper forms and other mailings for the 2020 census was scheduled to begin on July 1.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/dsc0714-b9c3da5cda6622e4a29bee6bf98dce10fb73c2e3-e1562083148915-900x422.jpg)
Trump Administration’s Delay In Census Printing Sets Up Count’s ‘Biggest Risk’
By: Hansi Lo Wang | NPR
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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.
![The Supreme Court justices are hearing oral arguments Tuesday over the citizenship question the Trump administration wants to add to forms for the 2020 census.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/ap_19078541574413-1f3524e508bca83b96e258bcc4f58e26bad96795-e1556044176336-900x422.jpg)
Supreme Court Appears To Lean Toward Allowing Census Citizenship Question
By: Hansi Lo Wang | Nina Totenberg | NPR
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The justices are weighing whether the Trump administration can include a citizenship question on the 2020 census. A decision is expected this summer, when printing of the census forms is set to begin.
![U.S. Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham leads the agency in charge of carrying out the upcoming national head count of every person living in the country.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/census-bureau-edit-ab3c3b84620bfac984fb50a9884fdb129acb9ee4-e1554213257392-900x422.jpg)
Census Bureau Must Be ‘Totally Objective’ On Citizenship Question, Director Says
By: Hansi Lo Wang | NPR
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Responding to President Trump’s tweet defending the controversial question, Steven Dillingham says his job will be “to conduct a census whether the question’s in there or if it isn’t.”