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Digital billboards encourage people to fill out their census questionnaires in September at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York.
Posted inAccountability, Census

Census workers raise concerns about data quality, with bureau leaning on records rather than in-person counts

by David Rodriguez and Byard Duncan January 12, 2021June 30, 2021

They describe closing cases after only one unsuccessful door knock and using proxy sources such as leases to tally household occupants.

A person carrying a bag with a Census Bureau logo approaches the front door of a house.
Posted inCensus

Census workers from across US are raising big concerns about this year’s count

by Byard Duncan and David Rodriguez November 18, 2020June 30, 2021

Workers say poor training, shifting deadlines and clunky technology produced chaos. Now, a lawsuit and government reports are echoing their claims.

A census worker wearing a facemask and carrying a phone and branded bag talks to a person in the foreground.
Posted inCensus

Work for the U.S. Census Bureau? We want to hear about problems you’re facing

by David Rodriguez and Byard Duncan September 16, 2020June 30, 2021

If you’re a census worker interested in sharing your experience, we want to hear from you.

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A man wearing a face mask carries a messenger bag with the Census Bureau’s logo.
Posted inCensus

‘We’ve all started calling it “the Senseless” ’

by Will Carless and David Rodriguez September 15, 2020June 30, 2021

Census field workers say faulty technology is hampering the decennial count.

A person fills out the Census on a tablet.
Posted inAccountability

Census launches online after last-minute software switch

by Will Carless March 11, 2020June 30, 2021

The Government Accountability Office says the move entails new risks because the backup system was not tested extensively.

A woman carries a box out of the post office in the wintry landscape of Toksook Bay.
Posted inAccountability

Fear of a census undercount

by Matt Smith and Lance Williams February 1, 2020June 30, 2021

Anti-immigrant sentiment, partisanship and untested technologies risk a historic undercount in 2020, which could distort U.S. politics and spending for a decade.

A collage illustration places a vintage cartoon about the census, featuring uncle sam saying "it's time to measure yourself again" to a bear, over a map of the Southern United States.
Posted inAccountability

Don’t count on the census

by Al Letson, Priska Neely, Esther Kaplan, Matt Smith, Taki Telonidis, Lance Williams, Kevin Sullivan, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Amy Mostafa, Will Carless, Mwende Hinojosa and Najib Aminy February 1, 2020June 30, 2021

As the 2020 census approaches, experts warn the count will be inaccurate. A look at why the census is struggling and whether efforts to save it can work.

A group of young demonstrators walk outside the Supreme Court, holding signs that say "America needs a fair and accurate #2020Census"
Posted inAccountability, Census

The Census Bureau is building Trump a huge list of noncitizens. Will it be secure?

by Will Carless February 1, 2020June 30, 2021

The sensitive data could be vulnerable to malicious hacks that could identify individuals.

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