Hansi Lo Wang
Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) is a national correspondent for NPR reporting on the people, power and money behind the U.S. census.
Wang was the first journalist to uncover plans by former President Donald Trump's administration to end 2020 census counting early.
Wang's coverage of the administration's failed push for a census citizenship question earned him the American Statistical Association's Excellence in Statistical Reporting Award. He received a National Headliner Award for his reporting from the remote village in Alaska where the 2020 count officially began.
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Based on population shifts recorded by the 2020 census, Texas, Florida and North Carolina are among the states gaining representation, while California, New York and Pennsylvania are losing influence.
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The U.S. Census Bureau this week is expected to announce the first results of the 2020 count. The numbers are used to determine each state's new share of votes in the Electoral College and Congress.
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Deployed U.S. troops were counted in a new way for the 2020 census. It could shift congressional seats and Electoral College votes to states with military bases after the first census results are out.
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Almost a century ago, a law was passed that set up a once-a-decade fight for representation in Congress and the Electoral College after each census. It's meant that one state's win is another's loss.
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The Trump administration tried and failed to accomplish a long-held desire of immigration hard-liners — a count of unauthorized immigrants to reshape Congress, the Electoral College and public policy.
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To do more quality checks on the data needed for redrawing voting maps, the Census Bureau is now planning for a release by Sept. 30. The delay puts pressure on states facing tight election deadlines.
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The Census Bureau has stopped trying to produce a count of unauthorized immigrants, ending the agency's role in Trump's bid to alter census numbers used for reallocating House seats, NPR has learned.
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Behind schedule and struggling to fix irregularities in the count, the Census Bureau is working toward Jan. 9 as the next date in the process for releasing results, a bureau employee tells NPR.
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Census results may be delayed because of the pandemic. That means states with big statewide elections in 2021 are between a rock and a hard place when it comes to redistricting.
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The opinion said the case was "riddled with contingencies and speculation that impede judicial review." The president has been seeking to use a count that does not include undocumented immigrants.
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If President Trump succeeds, it will be the first time unauthorized immigrants will not be counted for purposes of drawing new congressional districts.
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The Supreme Court is hearing arguments Monday over whether President Trump can alter the 2020 census numbers that determine each state's share of Electoral College votes for the next 10 years.