A little-known algorithmic process called “differential privacy” helps keep census data anonymous. Conservatives want it gone ...

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President Trump on Thursday said he had instructed the Department of Commerce to "immediately begin work on a new and highly accurate" census that would exclude undocumented immigrants. But the census ...

Census data can be pretty sensitive—it’s not just how many people live in a neighborhood, a town, a state, or the nation as a whole. Every 10 years, the Census Bureau asks about people’s ages, racial ...

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Some experts are arguing that it’s time for the census to aggressively make use of government data and other sources to augment its own decennial count. By Michael Wines WASHINGTON — Beyond the ...

The claim: Census data "called into question the official vote tally from the 2020 election" Six months after America democratically elected President Joe Biden with 81 million votes, unfounded claims ...