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Scout, a transgender man who uses one name, stands in the entrance to his home in Providence, R.I., Wednesday, June 8, 2022. The 2020 census questionnaire drove Scout crazy. With no direct questions about sexual orientation and gender identity, it made him feel invisible, not worth including in the U.S. head count. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Census wants to know how to ask about sexuality and gender

By Mike Schneider - Associated Press

In this Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016, photo, a statue of Roger Williams over looks the skyline, in Providence, R.I. One of Colonial America's most important freethinkers has a new role as a marketing tool for the place he settled 380 years ago. Roger Williams founded Providence as a refuge for dissidents experimenting with ideas that formed the backbone of U.S. democracy. Now state leaders are harkening back to his legacy as a draw for businesses and young people looking for a place that matches their ideals. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Rhode Island census overcount saved seat in Congress

By Jennifer McDermott - Associated Press

FILE - Census Bureau Director nominee Robert Santos, testifies before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee, Thursday, July 15, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Santos said Monday, Feb. 21, 2022, that he has gone on a listening tour with stakeholders and the agency is making permanent community outreach efforts in an effort to restore any trust that was lost following attempts by the Trump administration to politicize the nation's head count. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Time to retool census? Some think so after minorities missed

By Mike Schneider - Associated Press

College students enjoy the outdoors at the University of Southern California campus in Los Angeles, March 1, 2022. The U.S. grew wealthier, better educated, young adults moved less and poverty declined during the second half of the last decade, according to new data released Thursday, March 17, 2022 by the U.S. Census Bureau. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

U.S. grew wealthier, better educated in 2nd half of 2010s

By Mike Schneider - Associated Press

Indians, some wearing face masks as a precaution against the COVID-19, crowd a weekly market in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021. In India, which has been getting back to normal after a devastating COVID-19 outbreak earlier this year, omicron is once again raising fears, with more than 700 cases reported in the country of nearly 1.4 billion people. The capital, New Delhi, banned large gatherings for Christmas and New Year's, and many other states have announced new restrictions, including curfews and vaccination requirements at stores and restaurants. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Census Bureau: World grew by 74 million over past year

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This March 18, 2020, file photo taken in Idaho shows a form for the U.S. Census 2020. (John Roark/The Idaho Post-Register via AP, File)

U.S. population growth at lowest rate in pandemic’s 1st year

By Mike Schneider - Associated Press

FILE - Students finish loading belongings into a U-Haul truck as they move out of their dorm in Washington on March 18, 2020. The proportion of people who moved over the past year fell to its lowest rate in the 73 years that it has been tracked, in a refutation of popular anecdotes that there was a great migration in the U.S. during the pandemic, according to figures released Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021 by the U.S. Census Bureau. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Contrary to popular belief, no great migration in pandemic

By Mike Schneider - Associated Press

Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration says California's population decline is an outlier, blaming it on the coronavirus pandemic that turned everything upside down in 2020. (Associated Press)

California population declines for first time

By Adam Beam - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 7, 2020, file photo, a person wearing a protective mask walks in front of the skyline on Bernal Heights Hill during the coronavirus pandemic in San Francisco. California's population has declined for the first time in its history. State officials announced Friday, May 7, 2021, that the nation's most populous state lost 182,083 people in 2020. California's population is now just under 39.5 million. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

California leaving: State population declines for first time

By ADAM BEAM - Associated Press

This April 5, 2020, file photo shows an envelope containing a 2020 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File) **FILE**

Hijacked gloves, politicization concerns in 2020 census

By MIKE SCHNEIDER - Associated Press

FILE - Rows of homes, are shown in suburban Salt Lake City, on April 13, 2019. Utah is one of two Western states known for rugged landscapes and wide-open spaces that are bucking the trend of sluggish U.S. population growth. The boom there and in Idaho are accompanied by healthy economic expansion, but also concern about strain on infrastructure and soaring housing prices. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Judges hear arguments over contentious Census privacy tool

By KIM CHANDLER and MIKE SCHNEIDER - Associated Press

People walk on the street, Monday, April 26, 2021 in New York. The once-a-decade head count of the United States shows where the population grew during the past 10 years and where it shrank. New York will lose one seat in Congress as a result of national population shifts, according to census data released Monday. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) **FILE**

A look at what’s next in the release of 2020 census data

By MIKE SCHNEIDER - Associated Press

In this image from video provided by the U.S. Census Bureau, acting director of the U.S. Census Bureau Ron Jarmin speaks as a graphic showing the U.S. population as of April 1, 2020, is displayed during a virtual news conference Monday, April 26, 2021. The Census Bureau is releasing the first data from its 2020 headcount. (U.S. Census Bureau via AP)

What’s behind the growth slump? Takeaways from census data

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and MIKE SCHNEIDER - Associated Press

Construction cranes hover over downtown and near the State Capitol, Monday, April 26, 2021, in Austin, Texas. Texas' torrid growth over the past decade is paying off with a major boost in political clout. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Texas gains 4M residents, 2 congressional seats in Census

By ACACIA CORONADO - Associated Press

Rapid population growth gives Montana 2nd US House seat

By IRIS SAMUELS - Associated Press

In this image from video provided by the U.S. Census Bureau, acting director of the U.S. Census Bureau Ron Jarmin speaks during a virtual news conference Monday, April 26, 2021. The Census Bureau is releasing the first data from its 2020 headcount. (U.S. Census Bureau via AP)

Minnesota avoids losing House seat to New York by 89 people

By DAVID A. LIEB and STEVE KARNOWSKI - Associated Press

Maine population grew slowly over the last decade

By PATRICK WHITTLE - Associated Press

2020 U.S. Census shows Vermont grew almost 2.8% since 2010

By WILSON RING - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 25, 2020, file photo, two young children hold signs through the car window that make reference to the 2020 U.S. Census as they wait in the car with their family at an outreach event in Dallas. A delay in census data is scrambling plans in some states to redraw districts for the U.S. House and state legislatures. The Census Bureau has said redistricting data that was supposed to be provided to states by the end of March won't be ready until August or September. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)

House seat numbers can’t be released before next week

By MIKE SCHNEIDER - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 25, 2020, file photo, two young children hold signs through the car window that make reference to the 2020 U.S. Census as they wait in the car with their family at an outreach event in Dallas. A delay in census data is scrambling plans in some states to redraw districts for the U.S. House and state legislatures. The Census Bureau has said redistricting data that was supposed to be provided to states by the end of March won't be ready until August or September. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)

Historian says Census didn’t consult states on privacy tool

By MIKE SCHNEIDER - Associated Press