The Trump administration plans to end in-person counting early.
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Rural areas, tribal lands hit hardest by census interruption
Ultimately, it could cost them congressional seats and federal funding for highways, schools and health care.
Our View: Census needs more time to complete count
In the meantime, more Mainers should fill out their forms, to reduce pressure on census workers in a challenging year.
Census workers to deliver 2020 packets to Mainers in remote areas
Contactless deliveries will be done in areas where most households don’t receive mail at home.
Our View: There are so many good reasons to fill out the census
Not only does an accurate count help Maine get the resources it deserves, it also tells future generations so much about our lives.
Mainers among the worst in providing answers to U.S. Census
State lags well behind the national average.
Texts, not door-knocks: Census outreach shifts under social distancing guidelines
The coronavirus has waylaid efforts to get as many people as possible to take part in the census.
Census Bureau site goes live as counting begins in earnest
The 2020 census is off and running now that the questionnaire is available on the U.S. Census Bureau website
Shift to digital census raises fear of Iowa-like breakdown
The bureau says it’s working with the Department of Homeland Security and private-sector security experts to keep information safe and thwart attacks.
Fear of ICE raids during census could hamper count of immigrants
Outreach organizations fear that Trump administration officials may try to deport the immigrant communities they need to count.