census 2020

From tribal lands in the Southwest to storm-battered Louisiana, the U.S. Census Bureau did not achieve its goal of reaching 99% of households during the 2020 census

The Supreme Court has agreed to take up President Donald Trump’s policy, blocked by a lower court, to exclude people living in the U.S. illegally from the census count that will be used to allocate seats in the House of Representatives

After a court ruled the Trump Administration can end the Census count on Thursday, state leaders are making a last-minute push to residents to fill it out before time runs out.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that the Trump administration can end census field operations early, in a blow to efforts to make sure minorities are properly counted in the crucial once-a-decade tally. The decision was not a total loss for plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging the administration’s decision to end the count early. They managed to get nearly...

Over 99 percent of Connecticut’s 2020 Census has been counted, Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz said on Wednesday. She said 99.7% of the state’s 2020 Census has been counted. The state hopes to get the last 0.3 percent in the remaining time left. Bysiewicz said the self response rate is 70.3 percent. Beyond impacting the amount of federal aid our state…

The U.S. secretary of Commerce says the 2020 census will end Oct. 5, despite a federal judge’s ruling last week that the head count of every U.S. resident should continue through the end of October, according to a tweet posted on the Census Bureau’s website Monday

The City of Hartford will send a text message to more than 50,000 residents on Monday evening to remind them to fill out the 2020 census. The text will contain a short message about why the census is important and a link to fill out the census online at My2020Census.gov. We have been working with our local Census Bureau partners…

State leaders in Connecticut reacted Friday to a judge’s decision to issue an injunction preventing the government from ending the Census count a month earlier than the original plan.

A federal judge has stopped the 2020 census from finishing at the end of September

The Census Bureau is contending with several natural disasters as wildfires and hurricanes disrupt the final weeks of the nation’s once-a-decade headcount.

Down to the wire.  It’s possible census takers may have to wind down their count by the end of September, a month earlier than scheduled. With just weeks left before the deadline, Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz and New London Mayor Michael Passero visited a neighborhood in a last-minute push to make sure people have participated. “The hardest to count...

Census response rates for Connecticut overall has been good, but some of the state’s cities are lagging behind.

Federal judges have blocked an order from President Donald Trump that tried to exclude people in the country illegally from being counted when congressional districts are redrawn.

It’s been an unprecedented year for the once-a-decade head count

If you haven’t filled out the 2020 census form yet, you may be getting an email, call or questionnaire in the mail asking you to answer the questions

Officials say about 30-percent of households in Connecticut have still not responded to the 2020 Census.

If President Donald Trump succeeds in getting immigrants in the country illegally excluded from being counted in the redrawing of U.S. House districts, California, Florida and Texas would end up with one less congressional seat.

The state of Connecticut and a number of businesses will be partnered for a 2020 Census “Day of Action” on July 10, Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz announced Wednesday. On July 10 at 10 a.m., the state government and businesses across the state have signed on to give employees 10 minutes of their workday to complete the census. So far this…

Advocates are concerned that the coronavirus has added another burden for refugees arriving in the U.S. They worry that the disease threatens refugee participation in the census, which will help determine how the government allocates some $1.5 trillion, not only for refugees but for everyone living in the areas where they settle