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Anomalies found in data puts census deadline in jeopardy

by Mike Schneider
| November 19, 2020 11:06 AM

The director of the Census Bureau said Thursday that irregularities have been found during the numbers-crunching phase of the 2020 census, a development that jeopardizes the statistical agency’s ability to meet a year-end deadline for handing in numbers used for divvying up congressional seats.

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