Some Republicans only want citizens included in population counts used to draw political districts. In Texas, that raises important questions about power and representation.

A closely watched estimate from the U.S. Census Bureau released Thursday indicates that Texas may have passed a long-awaited milestone: the point where Hispanic residents make up more of the state's ...

The fear many expressed regarding the 2020 U.S. Census appears to have become reality with officials saying the population of Texas was probably undercounted. It’s a development that, if true, would ...

Texas has big things at stake in the 2020 U.S. Census: billions of dollars in federal funding and congressional seats that could give the state a bigger say in Washington, D.C. Between that and Texas’ ...

Tripped up by politics and the pandemic — and with only a last-minute investment in promotion by the state — the 2020 census likely undercounted the Texas population by roughly 2%, the U.S. Census ...

WASHINGTON — As Texas moves to redraw its congressional map at the behest of President Donald Trump, the White House is pushing ahead on another proposal to safeguard GOP power in Washington that ...

The U.S. Census undercounted about 1.92% of the Texas population in its 2020 decennial census. The census does not know the number of people undercounted in specific ethnic and racial groups for the ...

WASHINGTON -- The nation's political center of gravity shifted further to the Republican-led South and West on Monday, with Texas, Florida and other Sun Belt states gaining congressional seats while ...

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The somewhat deflating news from the U.S. Census Bureau on Monday that Texas picked up two new seats in Congress instead of a widely projected three left some questioning whether politics or the ...

For months, as Texans have been asked to stay home to avoid the spread of the new coronavirus, Jennifer Edwards has been doing the rounds at gas stations in a trio of counties near the Texas-Louisiana ...