Demographics

Signs sit behind the podium before the start of a press conference in New York City about the multi-state lawsuit to block the Trump administration from adding a question about citizenship to the 2020 census form.

House To Hold Hearing On Controversial Census Citizenship Question

9:39pm April 11, 2018

by Hansi Lo Wang

Officials from the Census Bureau and Commerce Department are set to testify in May about 2020 census which will ask if respondents are citizens, a question which has sparked lawsuits.

Education

N.J. University Works To Improve Graduation Rates For Latinos

5:17am April 02, 2018

by Hansi Lo Wang

Growing numbers of Latino students are enrolling in U.S. colleges. But they face one of the lowest graduation rates of any racial or ethnic group in the country.

Wendy Becker (left) and Mary Norton of Providence, R.I., raise their hands after the 2006 Massachusetts court ruling that allowed same-sex couples from Rhode Island to marry in Massachusetts. For the 2020 census, the couple can choose the new response cat

National

2020 Census Will Ask About Same-Sex Relationships

10:26am March 31, 2018

by Hansi Lo Wang

Unlike past census forms, the questionnaire for 2020 will include response categories for the relationship question that make a distinction between same-sex and different-sex couples.

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Sen. Kamala Harris is among a group of Democratic senators calling for an hearing on the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 census.

Democrats Call For Senate Hearing Over 2020 Census And Citizenship Question

12:35pm March 30, 2018

by Hansi Lo Wang

Four Democrats on the Senate oversight committee for the Census Bureau say they're worried the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 census is "tainted by improper political considerations."

Jordan Riger, 22, uses her laptop to track attendance for a weekly meeting of Students for the Second Amendment at the University of Delaware in Newark, Del. She sees firearms as tools for self-defense.

National

Millennials Are No More Liberal On Gun Control Than Elders, Polls Show

12:02pm February 25, 2018

by Hansi Lo Wang

Polling suggests millennials are more liberal than earlier generations on many social issues except gun laws. Pollsters say they can't explain this anomaly. Some millennials are surprised by it, too.

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Members of the Pathfinders 5th Battalion, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division, go for a run at Fort Campbell, Ky., in 2013. The Census Bureau says it will count deployed service members as residents of their home bases or ports fo

National

2020 Census To Count Deployed Troops At Home Bases, Prisoners At Facilities

8:46am February 08, 2018

by Hansi Lo Wang

The Census Bureau says it will change how it counts service members deployed overseas and continue counting prisoners as residents of their correctional facilities for the upcoming national headcount.

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The U.S. Census Bureau says more research is needed before a separate category for people with roots in the Middle East or North Africa can be added to census forms.

National

No Middle Eastern Or North African Category On 2020 Census, Bureau Says

3:29pm January 29, 2018

by Hansi Lo Wang

The Census Bureau's announcement about its race and ethnicity questions disappoints advocates who for years have been pushing for a check box for people with roots in the Middle East or North Africa.

A map shows the locations of the U.S. Census Bureau's regional offices for the 2020 census.

National

2020 Census To Keep Racial, Ethnic Categories Used In 2010

3:40pm January 26, 2018

by Hansi Lo Wang

Census experts say the announcement about the 2020 national headcount suggests the Trump administration will not approve Obama-era proposals to change how the government asks about race and ethnicity.

New citizens stand for the U.S. national anthem at a naturalization ceremony in Jackson, Miss., in September 2017. The Census Bureau is considering adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census.

National

Adding Citizenship Question Risks 'Bad Count' For 2020 Census, Experts Warn

11:32am January 10, 2018

by Hansi Lo Wang

The Justice Department has asked the Census Bureau to reinstate a question about citizenship on the census. But some say that kind of question could jeopardize the headcount's accuracy.

The further away people with Hispanic ancestry are from their immigrant roots, the less likely they are to identify as Hispanic or Latino, a new Pew Research Center study finds.

National

Latino Identity Fades As Immigrant Ties Weaken, Study Finds

2:57pm December 20, 2017

by Hansi Lo Wang

About one in 10 adults with Hispanic ancestors do not identify as Hispanic or Latino, according to a Pew Research Center study. This trend could slow the growth of the Latino population.