A three-judge panel will consider a lawsuit against Texas' redistricting efforts, including the reshaping of five districts at President Trump's request.

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Federal statistical agencies face increasingly overt politicization by the Trump Administration on top of chronic ...

Census Bureau releases 2024 American Community Survey 1-year estimates covering social, economic, and housing data for areas ...

The Census Bureau plans to test using U.S. postal workers as census takers in at least two locations next year during field ...

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Swarthmore College has partnered with 1838 Black Metropolis to shine a light on the rich and often overlooked stories of Philadelphia’s free Black community in the years before the Civil War. At the ...

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Republicans believe population increases in red states, such as Texas, would offset losses from not counting immigrants who lack legal status. Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans ...