08/05/2020
How removing unauthorized immigrants from census statistics could affect House reapportionment
If unauthorized U.S. immigrants aren't counted, 3 states could each lose a seat they otherwise would have had and 3 others each could gain one.
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08/05/2020
Trump wants to use the census to dilute the power of Texas
http://www.sealynews.com/stories/trump-wants-to-use-the-census-to-dilute-the-power-of-texas,84332
About 6% of the people in Texas are undocumented immigrants. They work and live in the state, and they pay taxes. They’re not citizens, and they can’t vote.
08/05/2020
Underfunded By Billions, Local RGV Officials Aim To Increase Historically Low Census Response
The response rate for the 2020 census in the Rio Grande Valley is under 50% — compared to 62% nationally.
08/05/2020
EDITORIAL: Who counts: Valley, state big losers under census command
President Trump last week ordered the director of the U.S. Census Bureau to subtract undocumented immigrants from the 2020 enumeration. Doing so would significantly affect the Rio Grande Valley, the state of Texas and other areas where immigrants are a large part of the population. It would weaken o...
08/05/2020
Extended Census response period gives Texas the opportunity to boost its response rate
The U.S. Census Bureau extended the census response period to Oct. 31, which gives Texans, ranked 40th for responses and at risk of undercounting, extra time to consider how they could impact reapportionment and city planning.The census response period was originally planned to end on July 31. A
08/05/2020
Texas A&M students should claim College Station as home
College Station is the proud home of Texas A&M University, the force that brings thousands of students, families and jobs to the Brazos Valley. As enrollment has surged, Aggies increasingly
08/05/2020
Respond to the Census at Bonham Public Library
http://www.ntxe-news.com/artman/publish/article_120846.shtml
Information collected in the census will inform the allocation of more than $675 billion in federal funding each year.
08/05/2020
FOX 7 Discussion: 2020 Census concerns
https://www.fox7austin.com/news/fox-7-discussion-2020-census-concerns
Travis County GOP Executive Director Brian Ruddle and Ed Espinoza, executive director of Progress Texas, join Rebecca Thomas on FOX 7 Austin to talk about the concerns about the 2020 census's accuracy due to the cut schedule.
08/05/2020
Census 2020: LUPE's work to get unincorporated Laguna Heights counted just got harder
LAGUNA HEIGHTS, Texas – La Unión del Pueblo Entero members say their efforts to get a strong Census 2020 completion rate in Laguna Heights have just been undermined by the Trump administration. The one-two punch from Washington started with President Trump’s memorandum not to count undocumented...
08/05/2020
Why Democrats and civil rights groups say Trump's latest census order could harm Texas
The president's critics say he's trying to limit Hispanic participation in the 2020 Census.
08/05/2020
U.S. Census Bureau to halt counting operation a month earlier than expected
The self-response deadline has moved up to Sept. 30.
08/05/2020
An abrupt change to the census deadline shortened the response period by a month, increasing fears of an undercount in Texas
https://www.texastribune.org/2020/08/04/texas-census-deadline-hispanic/
The Census Bureau on Monday lopped a month off the time people have to respond to the 2020 count. Texas is already lagging behind the country in response rates, with low-income and Hispanic Texans at high risk of being missed.
05/21/2020
2020 Census: The importance of being counted
https://www.yourbasin.com/local-news-2/2020-census-the-importance-of-being-counted/
ODESSA, Texas (Big 2/Fox 24) – The 2020 census is well underway but results aren’t coming in like officials hoped. We spoke with Tracee Bentley, the CEO and President of the Permian Str…
05/21/2020
EDITORIAL: Lagging Behind: With Angelina County lagging behind in Census response, we set ourselves up to lag behind in funding, representation, as well
https://lufkindailynews.com/coronavirus/article_5715b24d-9c30-542b-ba94-c8fd24c88cda.html
Sometime over last couple of months, you were likely contacted to participate in the Census. And for the first time, Americans have been able to fill out their Census questionnaire
05/21/2020
Houston Lags Behind in 2020 Census Reporting
https://www.houstoniamag.com/news-and-city-life/2020/05/houston-lags-behind-in-2020-census-reporting
But check out Fort Bend County!
05/21/2020
San Antonio best among major Texas cities for Census self-response rate, mayor says
San Antonians have done a good job so far in responding to the census, but the mayor is urging those who haven't to self-respond as soon as possible to ensure funding and representation for the community.
05/21/2020
As Latinos Are Among Hardest Hit By Pandemic, Leaders Expect Federal Census Undercount - Latino USA
https://www.latinousa.org/2020/05/20/federalundercountcensus/
Latino leaders recently told The Hill that census outreach was a top priority in predominantly-Latino South Texas before the pandemic struck.
05/21/2020
Texas lags behind rest of nation in response to 2020 census
https://www.kxan.com/news/texas/texas-lags-behind-rest-of-nation-in-response-to-2020-census/
According to a report from the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Texas is lagging behind the rest of the nation in its response to the 2020 census.
05/21/2020
Valley continues to trail behind low Census 2020 response rate
HARLINGEN — Texas’s self-response rate for Census 2020 continues to lag behind most of the rest of the nation, while the Rio Grande Valley is trailing even the low numbers being produced statewide. Lila Valencia, senior demographer at the Texas Demographic Center, said Monday in a Texas Counts o...
05/21/2020
Laredo’s self-response rate to census lowest among Texas’ top cities
https://www.lmtonline.com/local/article/Laredo-s-self-response-rate-to-census-lowest-15283126.php
Last week, Laredo Mayor Pete Saenz was called to a teleconference with Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross and what he assumed would be a group of other mayors.
05/21/2020
Boomtown 2040: Austin sees the nation's 5th largest population increase over the past decade
The data also showed Austin is now the 11th most populous city in the United States, up from 14th since April 1, 2010.
05/21/2020
Leander tops Census Bureau list of fastest-growing large U.S. cities from 2018-19
From 2018-19, Leander was the fastest-growing large city in the U.S., according to data released May 21 by the U.S. Census Bureau.
05/21/2020
NBTXPLOSION - New Braunfels population tops 90,000
https://thenbjournal.com/new-braunfels-population-tops-90000/
New Braunfels has surpassed 90,000 residents, a 56.4 percent increase since 2010. The city also posted a 6.9 percent population increase last year.
05/21/2020
NEW: Buda population has made 132% jump since 2010 census
All of Hays County sees steady growth in new numbers released by U.S. Census Bureau.
05/21/2020
Frisco crosses 200K population, tops list of fastest-growing large U.S. cities
Frisco’s population grew by 71.1% to 200,490 residents between April 1, 2010, and July 1, 2019.
05/21/2020
DATA: Populations increase in Grapevine, Colleyville, Southlake
Grapevine, Colleyville and Southlake all saw their populations increases from 2010-19.
05/21/2020
CENSUS: McKinney ranks as 4th fastest-growing big city in the nation
U.S. Census population estimates released late May 20 that McKinney was the fourth fastest-growing city nationally between April 1, 2010 and July 1, 2019.
05/21/2020
The Fastest-Growing U.S. City Most Americans Didn't Know Existed
https://www.realtor.com/news/real-estate-news/this-is-the-fastest-growing-us-cities-2020/
Six of the 10 fastest-growing, large cities of the past decade are in the South—with half in Texas alone, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
05/21/2020
San Antonio outranked only by Phoenix in one-year growth, census numbers show
San Antonio remains the nation’s seventh largest city after its population surged to nearly 1.55 million people, new census numbers show.
05/21/2020
Southern and Western Regions Experienced Rapid Growth This Decade
Between 2010 and 2019, 6 of the 15 fastest growing cities of 50,000+ were in Texas - with Frisco topping the list. https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2020/south-west-fastest-growing.html
The South leads the way with 10 of the top 15 fastest-growing large U.S. cities, according to new population estimates for cities and towns.
04/02/2020
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04/02/2020
Census 2020
It’s the day after Census Day & you can still:
- go to http://my2020census.gov
- call 1-844-330-2020
- mail back a paper form (if you got one)
#2020Census counting doesn’t end until 8/14. The sooner you do it, the fewer homes workers may have to try to visit during the pandemic
Español 844-468-2020
普通话 844-391-2020
粤语 844-398-2020
tiếng Việt 844-461-2020
한국어 844-392-2020
pусский 844-417-2020
العربية:844-416-2020
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Polski 844-479-2020
Français 844-494-2020
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日本語 844-460-2020
04/01/2020
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