How the U.S. government measures race has changed substantially since censuses began in 1790. Today, Americans differ on whether the government should ask about race.

Lauren Boebert, Republican U.S. representative for Colorado, faced criticism from Latino advocacy groups and political ...

Racial categories, which have been on every U.S. census, have changed from decade to decade, reflecting the politics and science of the times.

President Donald Trump’s call for Republicans to redraw U.S. House districts ahead of next year’s election has triggered an unusual outbreak of mid-decade gerrymandering among both ...

The group has been disbanded since March by order of President Donald Trump, eradicating professional expertise from the ...

Republicans are eyeing ways to keep illegal immigrants out of the population counts that determine apportionment.

Democrats hold a 6-5 edge over Republicans in Virginia's U.S. House delegation. A new map could allow them to expand that ...

On August 28, Republican representative August Pfluger introduced the COUNT Act. If passed, it would add a citizenship ...

Two Florida college students and an advocacy group for retirees are asking a federal judge to let them intervene in a lawsuit ...

A little-known algorithmic process called “differential privacy” helps keep census data anonymous. Conservatives want it gone ...

In a dispute over a Louisiana voting map, the justices grappled with whether there should be a time limit on using race as a factor in carving up voting districts. By Abbie VanSickle Reporting from ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Two young Republican groups have challenged statistical methods used to produce the results of the 2020 census, four years after the numbers were released, as the GOP continues ...