2020 Census

The bureau will include the number of incarcerated people in reapportionment data going to cities, counties and states next month.

The measure passed with only Democratic support before the release of full census data later this year.

Illinois Democrats on Friday pushed through new legislative district maps over the objections of Republicans and many community advocacy organizations who contend Democrats are not acting in good faith in their handling of the once-in-a-decade process.

The GOP says Democrats proposed a legislative district map that consolidates their power.

The U.S. Census Bureau announced in April that Illinois is one of seven states to lose a congressional seat in the once-a-decade reapportionment process. That process could ax one of the districts in the Metro East.

The plan would cut the number of seats on the Madison County board from 29 to 25.

Based on population shifts recorded by the 2020 census, Texas, Florida and North Carolina are among the states gaining representation, while California, New York and Pennsylvania are losing influence.

President Joe Biden has signed a slew of executive actions to reverse a series of Trump-era anti-immigration policies.

The U.S. Census Bureau stopped collecting survey responses a month ago, after a year filled with multiple disruptions to the count, including the coronavirus pandemic and federal lawsuits. In the coming months, the bureau will begin to release data from the national headcount, the implications of which are sweeping.

The percentage of people in St. Louis who have self-responded to the 2020 census is significantly lower than in St. Louis County. In the city, 53% of residents have responded, compared to 76% in the county, according to self-response rate maps generated by the City University of New York Mapping Service. St. Clair and Madison counties in the Metro East have self-response rates of 68% and 74% respectively.