Protesters gather outside the U.S. Supreme Court in April as the justices hear oral arguments over the citizenship question the Trump administration wants to add to the 2020 census. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption
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Never before has the U.S. census directly asked for the citizenship status of every person living in every household in the United States. A citizenship question that the Trump administration wants on the 2020 census could change that. Above, newly sworn-in U.S. citizens recite the Pledge of Allegiance during a naturalization ceremony at Mount Vernon in Virginia. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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The U.S. Supreme Court will announce decisions on a host of important cases over the next month. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption
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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
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
For The First Time, U.S. Census To Collect Responses In Arabic Among 13 Languages
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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 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
Many Noncitizens Plan To Avoid The 2020 Census, Test Run Indicates
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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
2020 Census To Count Deployed Troops At Home Bases, Prisoners At Facilities
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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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Bikers pedal through downtown Boise, Idaho, on Sept. 14, 2010. Charlie Litchfield/AP hide caption
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Here's Why The Census Started Counting Latinos, And How That Could Change In 2020
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The cast of "Miss Saigon" takes part in the curtain call on opening night at the Broadway Theatre on March 23, 2017 in New York City. Michael Loccisano/Getty Images hide caption
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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