WASHINGTON - Politicians giving victory speeches over the next decade will likely be able to trace their paths to power back to the census data being released Thursday afternoon.The U.S.
Census Bureau is scheduled to hold a news conference at 1 p.m. ET where it will release the data it collected during the 2020 census.When the bureau shared preliminary data earlier this year, it showed the population of the United States had grown to 331 million and showed the population of each state.
Thursday’s data will contain a more detailed breakdown of exactly where those 331 million people live within each state.RELATED: Worries about 2020 census' accuracy grow with cut scheduleThe city, county and neighborhood-level breakdown will play a crucial.