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The Trump administration has missed a deadline for giving Congress numbers used for dividing up congressional seats among the states, as the U.S. Census Bureau works toward fixing data irregularities found during the numbers-crunching phase of the 2020 census. -
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court issued an order saying this year’s census count must come to an immediate close. Now, organizers in City Heights say the neighborhood is at serious risk of an undercount. -
The Trump administration argued that the headcount needed to end immediately so the U.S. Census Bureau had enough time to crunch the numbers before a congressionally mandated year-end deadline for turning in figures used for deciding how many congressional seats each state gets. -
While the legal fight goes on, community groups in San Diego are still counting as the clock winds down. -
San Diego County has seen a nearly 5% increase in its response to the 2020 Census above the 2010 response rate. -
In an email obtained by The Associated Press, a field manager instructs supervisors to rate the census takers working under them with letters “A,” “B,” and “C.” Those getting a “C” rating will be the first terminated during the next round of layoffs.
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Local organizations, joined by San Diego congressman Juan Vargas, are still sprinting to the census finish line — to make sure everyone in San Diego county gets counted. But many barriers still stand in their way. -
A new poll shows a tight race between the two candidates for San Diego Mayor, time is running out to complete the 2020 Census, and more people in San Diego County are dying at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. -
Census Bureau official says the door-knocking operation for the 2020 census is expected to end in the San Diego area on Sept. 18. That shortens the schedule there by 12 days for census takers who go to homes that haven’t yet responded to the census questionnaire.
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KPBS Midday EditionFrom National City to Escondido — the United Way's car caravan aims to increase census participation in hard to count communities.
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