The Latest Breaking News from Robert Santos

Response rates to federal surveys have been dropping in recent years due to growing public concern about privacy and online scams

Barbara Everitt Bryant, the first woman to lead the U.S. Census Bureau, overseeing the 1990 count of every U.S. resident, has died

Native Americans on reservations face another decade of underfunding from federal programs because thousands weren't counted in the census.

WASHINGTON — Census Bureau Director Robert Santos suggested changes the agency may take to the next decennial census after undercounts in minority communities worsened in the 2020 count amid the coronavirus pandemic and endemic mistrust in government.

Census Bureau Director Robert Santos says changes may be ahead for the next census after undercounts worsened in the 2020 count.

Latinos were left out in 2020 at rates higher than previous decades, the Census Bureau found. White and Asian populations were overcounted.

The new U.S. Census Bureau director says he is listening to the concerns of data users and policymakers, and the agency is making permanent community outreach efforts, in an effort to restore any trust that was lost following attempts by the Trump administration to politicize the nation’s head count