Last week, Robert Santos was confirmed by the Senate to take over the Census Bureau. Santos, who was born in San Antonio, will be the first Latino census director and only the second person of color to oversee the Census. Santos brings a broad array of statistical...
This afternoon the United States Census Bureau debuted the first results from the 2020 census, officially announcing that Texas is gaining two congressional seats. The announcement, long delayed due to both decisions from the Trump administration and the COVID-19...
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that the Trump administration can end the 2020 census count early on October 15. This will undoubtedly throw a process already complicated by the COVID-19 into even more chaos. The decision will have a particularly dire...
With a week to go before counting for the census ends, many communities around Texas are making a last-minute push to try and get as much participation as possible before September 30. An incomplete census in Texas will have dire ramifications, including the potential...
The 2020 Census has been hammered by a myriad of threats including the Trump administration’s attempt to add a citizenship question, the COVID-19 pandemic, and now, the latest missive from the Census Bureau: the cessation of counting on September 30, a month ahead of...