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In this Friday, Feb. 21, 2020 photo, Stephan Patterson poses for a photo in Anchorage, Alaska. Patterson and other U.S. Census takers are reporting problems when conducting first-in-the-nation counts in rural parts of Alaska, including lack of communication about assignments, frustration with a smartphone app for filing time sheets and disappointment when they find out they are not being reimbursed for purchasing cold-weather gear. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

Census hiccups in Alaska may offer preview for rest of US

By MIKE SCHNEIDER and MARK THIESSEN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, Jan. 17, 2020, file photo, U.S. Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham addresses state and Alaska Native leaders in Anchorage, Alaska. With six weeks to go until most U.S. residents start filling out the 2020 Census questionnaire, an Inspector General’s report says the Census Bureau hasn’t tested a new process designed to help catch people who lie on their forms. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, FIle)

Report: Census hasn’t tested tasks to catch false answers

By MIKE SCHNEIDER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 19, 2000 file photo, U.S. Census Bureau director Kenneth Prewitt, seated, gets a dog sled ride into town by Harold Johnson after arriving for the first count in the Eskimo village of Unalakleet, Alaska. The 2020 Census kicks off Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020, in a remote town of Alaska. To mark the occasion, The Associated Press is republishing an article from 20 years ago, when the census began in the village of Unalakleet. (AP Photo/Al Grillo, File)

AP Was There: Census 2000 gets warm welcome in snowy Alaska

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 23, 2019 file photo, immigration activists rally outside the Supreme Court as the justices hear arguments over the Trump administration's plan to ask about citizenship on the 2020 census, in Washington. The Department of Homeland Security is agreeing to share citizenship information with the U.S. Census Bureau. The agreement was made in response to President Donald Trump's order to collect data on who is a citizen through administrative records following the Supreme Court's rejection of a citizenship question on the 2020 Census form. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Not on form, but brawl over citizenship question continues

By MIKE SCHNEIDER - Associated Press

Census forms will be sent out in March, and the official census day is scheduled for April 1. Census Bureau officials say they have ways of dealing with partial answers, such as follow-up calls or visits and using other records or "statistical methodology." (Associated Press/File) **FILE**

2020 census questions unnerve Americans

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Researchers warn Census about accuracy concerns with method

By MIKE SCHNEIDER - Associated Press

Census: Mainers’ median household income dropped 3.3%

Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2019, file photo, a worker gets ready to pass out instructions in how fill out the 2020 census during a town hall meeting in Lithonia, Ga. Democrats are quick to blame President Donald Trump’s single-minded efforts to overturn the Affordable Care Act for the increase in the nation’s uninsured rate. But census numbers suggest other explanations as well, from the administration’s immigration crackdown to the strong job market (AP Photo/John Amis, File)

Rise in health uninsured may be linked to immigrants’ fears

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR - Associated Press

FILE- In this Oct. 28, 2017, file photo the storefront window of a portrait studio is lit up along a downtown street at dusk in Lumberton, N.C. Despite a decade-plus of economic growth, Americans have slowed the pace at which they’re forming new companies, a trend that risks further widening the gap between the most affluent and everyone else. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

A slowdown in US business formation poses a risk to economy

By JOSH BOAK - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 22, 2018, file photo, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Questions and answers about the citizenship question the Trump administration wants to add to the census as the Supreme Court decides whether it can.(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Q&A: Census citizenship question sparks legal debate, fears

By GEOFF MULVIHILL - Associated Press

The Paseo de Diego sits empty in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, April 17, 2019. New Census Bureau data shows that Puerto Rico lost nearly 4% of its population after Hurricane Maria - the greatest population drop in the recorded history of the island, according to one demographer. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

New data shows 4% drop in Puerto Rico population since Maria

Associated Press

The U.S. population now stands at 328,231,337 which is up 6.31 percent since the last national census. (U.S. Census Bureau) ** FILE **

U.S. population now 328 million, up 6.31 percent, says Census Bureau

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

This March 23, 2018, file photo shows an envelope containing a 2018 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident as part of the nation's only test run of the 2020 Census. The Supreme Court will decide whether the 2020 census can include a question about citizenship that could affect the allocation of seats in the House of Representatives and the distribution of billions of dollars in federal money. (AP Photo/Michelle R. Smith, File)

Judge calls citizenship question on Census a threat to democracy

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Nov. 27, 2018, file photo, Elizabeth OuYang, coordinator of New York Counts 2020, speaks during a news conference outside the Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse. Several lawsuits across the country have been filed challenging the citizenship question on the 2020 census. As the U.S. Supreme Court weighs whether the Trump administration can ask people if they are citizens on the upcoming Census, the Census Bureau is quietly seeking comprehensive information about the legal status of millions of immigrants. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Ahead of court ruling, Census Bureau seeks citizenship data

By GARANCE BURKE and FRANK BAJAK - Associated Press

This March 23, 2018, file photo shows an envelope containing a 2018 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident as part of the nation's only test run of the 2020 Census. The Supreme Court will decide whether the 2020 census can include a question about citizenship that could affect the allocation of seats in the House of Representatives and the distribution of billions of dollars in federal money. (AP Photo/Michelle R. Smith, File)

Potential privacy lapse found in Americans’ 2010 census data

By Seth Borenstein - Associated Press

Census Bureau: Mississippi is among states losing population

Associated Press

This March 23, 2018 photo shows an envelope containing a 2018 census test letter mailed to a resident in Providence, R.I. The nation's only test run of the 2020 Census is in Rhode Island, and its drawing concerns from community leaders, good government groups and others about how it's being run. (AP Photo/Michelle R. Smith)

2020 census test has critics counting concerns, not people

By MICHELLE R. SMITH - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 15, 2010, file photo, copies of the 2010 Census forms in Phoenix. The 2020 U.S. Census will add a question about citizenship status, a move that brought swift condemnation from Democrats who said it would intimidate immigrants and discourage them from participating. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

NAACP spearheads lawsuit to overhaul plan for 2020 Census

By KEVIN FREKING - Associated Press

In this June 26, 2015, file photo, a man holds a U.S. and a rainbow flag outside the Supreme Court in Washington after the court legalized gay marriage nationwide. A federal appeals court ruled Friday that the Supreme Court can keep protesters off its marble plaza without violating their constitutional right to free speech. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said that First Amendment rights stop at the sidewalk in front of the majestic courthouse and do not extend to the plaza. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Democrats demand answers on sexual orientation census questions

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

“In 2016, young voters ages 18 to 29 were the only age group to report increased turnout compared to 2012, with a reported turnout increase of 1.1 percent,” the Census Bureau said in its analysis of the voting data. (Associated Press)

Millennials increased their voter participation in 2016 election

By Sally Persons and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times