The U.S. Census Bureau spent about $5.9 billion on IT contracts to help prepare the agency’s systems and technology for the 2020 census survey, according to a government watchdog report. Federal IT ...

Census Bureau officials want to do away with paper-based surveys for the majority of Americans. The well-documented problems with federal IT procurement are causing some to rethink grand-scale ...

OAKLAND, Calif. -- A lot can change in 10 years. Think back to the spring of 2010. The iPhone did not let us take selfies, Netflix still offered DVD rentals by mail and a one-bedroom apartment was ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- If you haven't filled out the census, expect a knock on your door soon. Starting Aug. 11, census takers will begin visiting the homes of people who have not filled out the ...

The population of Puerto Rico was overcounted by 5.7%, or 174,000 people, when the Census Bureau conducted its 2020 count. The overcount came to light Tuesday after the bureau announced it concluded a ...

The Census Bureau plans to increase cloud migration to meet growing demand for its data and make better use of nontraditional sources, according to a request for information. Dubbed the Census ...

States along the West Coast and in the Northeast have the highest shares of households with same-sex couples, according to the latest 2020 census results released Thursday. The new numbers from the ...

In a shocking report, the U.S. Census Bureau recently admitted that it overcounted the populations of eight states and undercounted the populations of six states in the 2020 census. All but one of the ...

The number of people of Portuguese origin living in the United States increased by 3.5 percent between 2010 and 2020 - from 1,405,909 in 2010 estimates to 1,454,262 – according to newly released ...

RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, Vol. 11, No. 1, U.S. Census 2020: Continuity and Change, Part I (JANUARY 2025), pp. 44-64 (21 pages) According to the U.S. Census, the ...