New U.S. census estimates show the gap between Hispanic and white populations in the state continues to narrow, and Hispanics are projected to become the largest population group a year earlier than previously expected.
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Hidalgo County breaks out the megaphones in scramble to salvage census push
Coaxing census participation was going to be hard enough in some of Texas’ poorest communities. With coronavirus restrictions, organizers turned to driving sound trucks around colonias on the border, but now even that won’t be possible.
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Coronavirus derails ground game for Texas census count
Years of work went into planning neighborhood canvasses and educational efforts to reach out to every Texan, especially those most likely to be missed in the tally. Now those efforts are down for the count.
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Counting in Texas for the U.S. census has begun. Here’s what you need to know.
The accuracy of the count in the state will go a long way toward determining its economic, social and political future.
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Texas leaves the hard work of chasing an accurate census count to communities
Local governments, nonprofits and churches are stepping into the organizational void left after Republican Texas lawmakers shot down any significant funding for state efforts to avoid an undercount in the 2020 census.
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Texas isn’t providing major support for the 2020 Census. Local officials and nonprofits say they will instead.
Several nonprofits, local governments and philanthropy organizations have formed Texas Counts, a coalition aimed at ensuring an accurate census count in 2020, which could affect representation in Congress and billions in federal funding.
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Texas considering whether to hand driver’s license, citizenship information to Census Bureau
The Texas Department of Public Safety received a request for the information earlier this month but has taken no action.
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Texas has the most people without health insurance in the nation — again
For the second year in a row, the number of Texans without health insurance increased, and fewer people enrolled in Medicaid.
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Snubbed by Texas lawmakers, local officials look to children for help to avoid a census undercount
Hoping to avoid an undercount of thousands of Hispanic and black Texans, Dallas, Harris and Hidalgo counties believe getting children engaged can bring families to participate in the 2020 census.
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Trump will no longer push to add citizenship question to 2020 census, ending a heated standoff
Instead, the president said he is ordering every federal agency to give the Commerce Department records on the numbers of citizens and noncitizens.
