How the U.S. government measures race has changed substantially since censuses began in 1790. Today, Americans differ on whether the government should ask about race.

Racial categories, which have been on every U.S. census, have changed from decade to decade, reflecting the politics and science of the times.

A little-known algorithmic process called “differential privacy” helps keep census data anonymous. Conservatives want it gone ...

Two Florida college students and an advocacy group for retirees are asking a federal judge to let them intervene in a lawsuit ...

The group has been disbanded since March by order of President Donald Trump, eradicating professional expertise from the ...