Politics U.S. Census Directors Were All White Until James F. Holmes Stepped In For more than 200 years, the census was overseen by white leaders. Holmes' 1998 stint as acting director blazed a trail for Biden's pick, who may become the count's first permanent director of color. Hansi Lo Wang
Politics A Supreme Court Fight Over Census Data Privacy And Redistricting Is Likely Coming A lower court has denied Alabama's request to force the Census Bureau to move up the release of new redistricting data and stop plans for a different way of keeping people's information confidential. Hansi Lo Wang
Politics Census To Release 1st Results That Shift Electoral College, House Seats The Census Bureau is set to announce state population counts from its 2020 tally at a 3 p.m. ET press conference. The counts are used to determine representation in Congress and the Electoral College. Hansi Lo Wang
Politics Why Deployed Troop Counts Are A 'Wildcard' In 2020 Census Results About 97,000 troops who are stationed in the U.S. but were deployed abroad during the census could help shift congressional seats and Electoral College votes to states with military bases or ports. Hansi Lo Wang
Politics Biden To Make Historic Census Director Pick With Latinx Statistician Rob Santos If confirmed by the Senate, Robert Santos, president of the American Statistical Association, would be the bureau's first permanent director of color overseeing the national count and major surveys. Hansi Lo Wang
National Trying To Assess COVID's Impact On Arab-American Communities Is Complicated It's hard to track the rate of COVID-19 infections among Arab Americans, who are often counted as white on survey forms without a separate checkbox for Middle Eastern or North African origins. Hadia Bakkar
Politics Biden's Commerce Secretary, Gina Raimondo, Confirmed By Senate Gov. Gina Raimondo, the first woman to lead Rhode Island, is cutting short a second term as governor to oversee an eclectic portfolio of U.S. Commerce Department agencies, including the Census Bureau. Hansi Lo Wang
National Immigration Hard-Liner Files Reveal 40-Year Bid Behind Trump's Census Obsession The Trump administration tried and failed to accomplish a long-held desire of immigration hard-liners — a count of unauthorized immigrants to reshape Congress, the Electoral College and public policy. Hansi Lo Wang
Politics 'Take The Politics Out Of The Census,' Biden's Commerce Pick Raimondo Says Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo, expected to oversee the U.S. Census Bureau as the next commerce secretary, says she will "rely on the experts" at the agency to ensure the 2020 census is accurate. Hansi Lo Wang
Politics Biden Administration Tables Trump's Citizenship Data Request For Redistricting Trump officials had directed the Census Bureau to use government records to produce data that a GOP strategist said would be "advantageous to Republicans and Non-Hispanic Whites" during redistricting. Hansi Lo Wang
