2020 census

The Census Bureau has been unequivocal that individual responses are confidential. Advocates say confidentiality is at the foundation of the survey.
The Census Bureau's top scientist did not favor adding a citizenship question and had found a better alternative.
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and a top DOJ official don’t want to answer questions about that 2020 census query.
A January memo from the Census Bureau said adding the question would be costly and harm the census count.
Legal experts say the suit has some big flaws.
"They have made a political decision. And they have every right to do that because they won the election,” Thomas Brunell said.
"It really normalizes our experience," one woman said.
The controversial question may cost some GOP-led states seats in Congress and electoral votes in presidential elections.
“A fair and accurate count of all people in America is one of the federal government’s most solemn constitutional obligations."
The Trump administration is adding a question about citizenship status to the 2020 Census. It’s the first time since 1950 the census will ask that question, and it could have a very real impact on the U.S. population.