EP 60: Inside the 2020 Census

It's one of the biggest federal projects going, and it affects all of us. What do we need to know about the 2020 Census? It's different from any in the past. How private is the information being collected? What's it's used for? And how can we be sure it's accurate? We're joined by the U.S. Census Bureau, the National League of Cities, state government and academics on this, our 60th episode. General 2020 Census info https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/2020-census.html 2020 Census questions https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2018/dec/planned-questions-2020-acs.html NLC resource, Cities Count: Preparing for the 2020 Census https://www.nlc.org/resource/cities-count-preparing-for-the-2020-census D. Sunshine Hillygus https://sites.duke.edu/hillygus/ The Hard Count: The Political and Social Challenges of Census Mobilization https://www.russellsage.org/publications/hard-count-0 News story, Census Bureau to Test How Controversial Citizenship Question Affects Responses https://www.npr.org/2018/12/06/674107748/census-bureau-to-test-how-controversial-citizenship-question-affects-responses