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What You Need To Know About The 2020 Census

The coronavirus epidemic has forced the Census Bureau to postpone its field operations, but the bureau is still collecting information from households responding on their own. Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption

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What You Need To Know About The 2020 Census

Who gets counted in the 2020 census? What kind of information do households have to give? NPR answers questions about the national head count required by the U.S. Constitution once a decade.

What You Need To Know About The 2020 Census

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For The First Time, U.S. Census To Collect Responses In Arabic Among 13 Languages

Worshippers exiting a mosque in the Bay Ridge neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y., are handed fliers encouraging participation in the 2010 census. Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images hide caption

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For The First Time, U.S. Census To Collect Responses In Arabic Among 13 Languages

Households can respond to the 2020 census in more than double the number of languages supported in 2010. But some Arab-American community leaders are worried many Arabic speakers won't participate.

For The First Time, U.S. Census To Collect Responses In Arabic Among 13 Languages

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Thursday

New Census Data Show Texas Cities Are Growing Faster Than All Other States

Greetings from Texas! Data released by the U.S. Census Bureau found seven of the nation's fastest growing cities are in Texas. Found Image Holdings Inc/Corbis via Getty Images hide caption

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The Two-Way

New Census Data Show Texas Cities Are Growing Faster Than All Other States

The study found seven of the nation's fastest-growing cities are in Texas, with San Antonio expanding by the greatest number from 2016 to 2017.

Friday

Many Noncitizens Plan To Avoid The 2020 Census, Test Run Indicates

The U.S. government is conducting a test run of the 2020 census in Rhode Island's Providence County, where many noncitizens living in Central Falls, R.I., say they're planning to avoid participating in the national head count. RussellCreative/Getty Images hide caption

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Many Noncitizens Plan To Avoid The 2020 Census, Test Run Indicates

The only test run of the next national head count is taking place in Rhode Island, where many undocumented immigrants and their citizen relatives are afraid to be counted.

Many Noncitizens Plan To Avoid The 2020 Census, Test Run Indicates

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Thursday

2020 Census To Count Deployed Troops At Home Bases, Prisoners At Facilities

Members of the Pathfinders 5th Battalion, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division, go for a run at Fort Campbell, Ky., in 2013. The Census Bureau says it will count deployed service members as residents of their home bases or ports for the 2020 census. Mark Zaleski/AP hide caption

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2020 Census To Count Deployed Troops At Home Bases, Prisoners At Facilities

The Census Bureau says it will change how it counts service members deployed overseas and continue to count prisoners as residents of their correctional facilities for the coming national head count.

2020 Census To Count Deployed Troops At Home Bases, Prisoners At Facilities

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Monday

No Middle Eastern Or North African Category On 2020 Census, Bureau Says

The U.S. Census Bureau says more research is needed before a separate category for people with roots in the Middle East or North Africa can be added to census forms. PeopleImages/Getty Images/iStockphoto hide caption

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Tracking The Census: The People, Power And Money Behind The Data

No Middle Eastern Or North African Category On 2020 Census, Bureau Says

The Census Bureau's announcement about its race and ethnicity questions disappoints advocates who for years have been pushing for a check box for people with roots in the Middle East or North Africa.

Thursday

Saturday

Who Put The 'Hispanic' In Hispanic Heritage Month?
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Code Switch

Who Put The 'Hispanic' In Hispanic Heritage Month?

As Hispanic Heritage Month gets under way, it's worth noting that the idea of people from the Latin American diaspora referring to themselves as 'Hispanic' or 'Latino' or 'Latinx' is a fairly new one.

Who Put The 'Hispanic' In Hispanic Heritage Month?

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Thursday

Here's Why The Census Started Counting Latinos, And How That Could Change In 2020
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Here's Why The Census Started Counting Latinos, And How That Could Change In 2020

On the Code Switch podcast this week, a look at concerns and issues facing people of color in the 2020 Census, and a look back at the reasons why "Hispanics" became a word in the first place.

Here's Why The Census Started Counting Latinos, And How That Could Change In 2020

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Wednesday

U.S. Census To Leave Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity Questions Off New Surveys

Gender-neutral signs are posted outside public restrooms at the 21c Museum Hotel in Durham, N.C. The Census Bureau says it is not planning to ask about gender identity or sexual orientation in the 2020 Census. Sara D. Davis/Getty Images hide caption

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The Two-Way

U.S. Census To Leave Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity Questions Off New Surveys

"Sexual orientation and gender identity" was listed in a Census Bureau report as a proposed topic for the 2020 Census or the American Community Survey. But the topic was later removed.

Tuesday

Run-Up To Census 2020 Raises Concerns Over Security And Politics

U.S. Postal Service mail carrier Thomas Russell holds a census form while working his route in 2010. Jason E. Miczek/AP hide caption

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The Two-Way

Run-Up To Census 2020 Raises Concerns Over Security And Politics

Results from the U.S. Census in 2020 could remake the political map. Some census experts say the stakes for the upcoming national headcount are higher than normal.

Run-Up To Census 2020 Raises Concerns Over Security And Politics

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Wednesday

Monday

No More 'Negro' For Census Bureau Forms And Surveys

Question 9 on the first page of the 2010 Census form. After more than a century, the Census Bureau is dropping use of the word "Negro" to describe black Americans in its surveys. Instead of the term, which was popularized during the Jim Crow era of racial segregation, census forms will use "black" or "African-American." Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption

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The Two-Way

No More 'Negro' For Census Bureau Forms And Surveys

Many African-Americans complained about the bureau's use of the word during the 2010 Census, calling it offensive and outdated. On Monday, officials said they would stop using it.