Census 2020

Under current rules, the County Council president decides how the reapportionment process will occur. But some have criticized that process, saying that the system could encourage gerrymandering and create districts that don’t accurately represent local communities.

On today’s program: The chair of Fair Districts PA explains how state leaders are taking different approaches to the process of drawing new maps for Congressional seats, now that census data has been released; kindergarten enrollment dropped 10% last year in the region, and some are concerned this year’s class of kindergarteners will have vastly different social and academic skills; and a look at how the state Game Commission takes census of the black bear population, a process that starts with doughnuts.

The county's growth is a notable reversal from earlier census estimates that the county would continue to shrink — as well from the overall pattern in western Pennsylvania.

State lawmakers will soon be able to start redrawing Pennsylvania’s political boundaries now that the U.S. Census Bureau has released detailed computerized data from last year’s population count.

Legislative leaders on the five-person group redrawing Pennsylvania state lawmakers’ district lines based on census data are hearing how the delay in the release of updated population figures may require them to move more quickly than anticipated.

The data needed to redraw Pennsylvania’s political districts is more than five months behind schedule, raising concerns among advocates for fair maps that…

The number of Pennsylvanians who have responded to the 2020 Census is lower than it was 10 years ago.According to preliminary data released by the…

After the U.S. Census Bureau announced in early August that it moved up the deadline to complete the 2020 count, advocates and Census workers in Allegheny…

On today's program: A presidential memorandum on the U.S. Census could impact historically undercounted communities; the Biden campaign’s recommended…

April 1 is Census Day. That means it’s usually where you live on April 1 that you give as your address when you fill out the census . But coronavirus...