The framers of the Constitution had a mandate for Congress: count the number of people residing in the country every ten years. Though the decennial census has been in place since the founding of the country, Illinois officials and community organizations are especially pushing census participation in 2020 as the state has billions of federal funding dollars—and perhaps even a seat in Congress—at stake.
Since summer 2019, City Bureau reporting fellows have interviewed dozens of residents to understand the stakes of the 2020 census and the behind-the-scenes challenges of getting people to participate. And since January 2019, City Bureau Documenters have attended county & city census meetings to bring you up-to-date information on outreach efforts.
Uncounted and Under Five: Experts Fear Census Will Miss Latinx Children
By Ayana Cochran and Sarah Conway
March 12, 2020 |
With City Bureau
The 2020 Census, Chicago’s Outreach Plan and Why It Matters
By Alexis Kwan, Irene Romulo, Morgan Lee and Sarah Conway
February 26, 2020 |
With City Bureau
Complete Count Commission Meeting Notes
By City Bureau Documenters
January 2019 through February 2020 |
With Documenters.org
White? Asian? African? chicagoans with middle eastern and north african roots feel erased by the census
By Alexis Kwan
November 13, 2019 |
With Chicago Reader
cHICAGO GROUPS PREPARING AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS FOR THE CENSUS
By Irene Romulo and Morgan Lee
October 15, 2019 |
With WBEZ
A PROPER HEADCOUNT: The people convincing immigrants to take the 2020 census
By City Bureau
October 1, 2019 |
With South Side Weekly
Podcast: Census 2020 with City Bureau
By Alexis Kwan and Sarah Conway
August 20, 2019 |
With Chicago in Arabic
Preguntas y respuestas del Censo 2020
By Irene Romulo and Morgan Lee
August 29, 2019 |
With La Villita, Chicago
What does the 2020 census mean to immigrant communities in Chicago?
By City Bureau
August 8, 2019 |
With City Bureau
what you can do to prevent a census undercount in illinois
By Kim Bellware
July 1, 2019 |
With City Bureau