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How will the census count the most undercounted age group?

By RICHARD STRADLING of The News & Observer - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 18, 2019, file photo people inquire about temporary positions available for the 2020 Census during a job fair designed for people fifty years or older in Miami. The U.S. Census Bureau said it has reached its goal of recruiting more than 2.6 million applicants for the once-a-decade head count that launched for most of America this week — but it has been a bumpy road getting there. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Census faces challenges as it aims to hire up to 500,000

By MIKE SCHNEIDER and ANGELIKI KASTANIS - Associated Press

Members of the Congressional Tri-Caucus speaks to reporters to discuss the 2020 Census and the concern for getting an accurate count in minority communities, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 5, 2020. From left are Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., chair of the House Oversight Committee, House Democratic Caucus Chair Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Rep. Karen Bass, D-Calif., chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, Rep. Steven Horsford, D-Nev., chair of the 2020 Census Task Force for the CBC, House Democratic Caucus Vice Chair Katherine Clark, D-Mass., Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M., Native American Caucus co-chair, and Rep. Judy Chu, D-Calif., chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Census Bureau site goes live as counting begins in earnest

By Mike Schneider - Associated Press

Census prompts distrust in Fort Worth neighborhood

By KRISTIAN HERNANDEZ - Associated Press

AP-NORC poll: Most Americans plan to participate in census

By HANNAH FINGERHUT and MIKE SCHNEIDER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 12, 2020, file photo, U.S. Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham testifies during a hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The bureau says it has developed two secure data-collection systems, so that if one goes down during the census count, the other can substitute. Other mechanisms are in place to prevent failure and backup plans in case the worst happens. “All systems are go,&quot; Dillingham said. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Shift to digital census raises fear of Iowa-like breakdown

By MIKE SCHNEIDER - Associated Press

FILE - In a Wednesday, July 24, 2019 file photo, U.S. Census Bureau director Steven Dillingham testifies before the House Oversight subcommittee on Capitol Hill in Washington. With the start of the 2020 census just a month away for most U.S. residents, Census Bureau director Steven Dillingham is going to Capitol Hill Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020 to update lawmakers about the agency's readiness for the federal government’s largest peacetime operation. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Report: Census Bureau at risk of not being ready for count

By MIKE SCHNEIDER - Associated Press

Latino group say Census must dispel doubts on citizenship

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020 photo, Leon Hayner, an associate dean of students at Rollins College looks over requests from the U.S. Census Bureau in Winter Park, Fla. Because of the federal privacy law, university administrators, if called upon, won't be able to disclose students' sex, race or Hispanic origin on the 2020 Census form. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Confusion over what data schools can provide for 2020 Census

By MIKE SCHNEIDER - Associated Press

Census relying on social media, advocates to stop bad info

By MIKE SCHNEIDER - Associated Press

U.S. Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham unveils its national advertising and outreach campaign for the 2020 Census, at the Arena Stage, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Michael A. McCoy)

Census Bureau plans hundreds of ads in 13 languages for 2020

By MIKE SCHNEIDER - Associated Press

NAACP lawsuit claims Census Bureau is unprepared for count

By MIKE SCHNEIDER - 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. Leaders of advocacy groups warned lawmakers on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020, that the fight over a failed citizenship question, the digital divide and the wording of questions on Hispanic origin and race may lead to the undercounting of some communities during the 2020 Census. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Advocates warn citizenship, digital divide may affect Census

By MIKE SCHNEIDER - 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)

Homeland Security will share citizenship data with Census

By MIKE SCHNEIDER - Associated Press

Census: Slower growth in Nebraska population this year

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Forecast: Montana could regain House seat lost 30 years ago

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Test shows citizenship question had impact with subgroups

By MIKE SCHNEIDER - Associated Press

Census Bureau seeks thousands of workers for Ohio 2020 count

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First ads for 2020 census launch in remote Alaskan villages

By MIKE SCHNEIDER - Associated Press

Report faults Census Bureau for hiring sex offender in NC

By MIKE SCHNEIDER - Associated Press