Hansi Lo Wang
Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) is a national correspondent for NPR based in New York City. He reports on the people, power and money behind the 2020 census.
Wang received the American Statistical Association's Excellence in Statistical Reporting Award for covering the Census Bureau and the Trump administration's push for a citizenship question.
His reporting has also earned awards from the Asian American Journalists Association, National Association of Black Journalists, and Native American Journalists Association.
Since joining NPR in 2010 as a Kroc Fellow, he has reported on race and ethnicity for Code Switch and worked on Weekend Edition as a production assistant.
As a student at Swarthmore College, he worked on a weekly podcast about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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After the recent Israel-Hamas fighting, many Black Lives Matter organizers have renewed their support for the Palestinians. A fissure among African American activists in 1967 links the two movements.
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The Census Bureau must protect people's privacy when it releases demographic data from the 2020 count. Plans to change how it does that have sparked controversy over how it may affect redistricting. -
Small census numbers can make a big difference. If Minnesota's 2020 count included 26 fewer residents, it might have lost a seat in Congress — a seat that New York fell short of winning by 89 people.
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Small numbers in census results can determine whether a state keeps or loses a seat in Congress and vote in the Electoral College. If not for 26 people, Minnesota may have been down a seat.
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The first major results of the 2020 census are out. Those in states that lost seats in Congress and votes in the Electoral College are already questioning those results.
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The Census Bureau released the first set of results from last year's head count Monday after months of delays. The numbers will reset the balance of power in Congress and the Electoral College.
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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.
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The U.S. Census Bureau this week is expected to announce the first results of the 2020 count. The numbers are used to determine each state's new share of votes in the Electoral College and Congress.
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About 97,000 troops who are stationed in the U.S. but were deployed abroad during the census could help shift congressional seats and Electoral College votes to states with military bases or ports.
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Deployed U.S. troops were counted in a new way for the 2020 census. It could shift congressional seats and Electoral College votes to states with military bases after the first census results are out.
