Census

Scorecard

true

0% 8 Checks

mostly-true

0% 15 Checks

Half True

0% 12 Checks

mostly-false

0% 7 Checks

false

0% 17 Checks

Pants on Fire

0% 8 Checks

For more details, see the Principles of PolitiFact

All Fact-checks for Census

Kristi Noem
stated on August 19, 2025 in una conferencia de prensa:

Las cifras de la Oficina de Estadísticas Laborales de EE.UU. muestran que “tenemos 1.6 millones de inmigrantes ilegales que han regresado a su país de origen voluntariamente”.

September 5, 2025

Kristi Noem
stated on August 19, 2025 in a press conference:

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics statistics show, “We have 1.6 million illegal aliens that have gone home voluntarily.”

September 2, 2025

stated on August 24, 2025 in an X post:

The U.S. Census included a citizenship question “for over 150 years” before the Obama administration.

September 2, 2025

Donald Trump
stated on August 4, 2025 in a post on Truth Social:

“Promises kept: negative net migration (in the U.S.) for the first time in 50 years!”

August 8, 2025

stated on June 13, 2025 in an email:

“Democrats have 24 more seats (in Congress) than they would have if illegal aliens were not counted in the census.”

August 7, 2025

Joe Biden
stated on June 15, 2023 in a speech:

"Twenty-six out of every 100 students” in K-12 speak Spanish.

By Maria Briceño • June 21, 2023

Bloggers
stated on September 21, 2021 in a blog post:

“The CDC and county health officials have obtained 2020 Census records to enhance their vaccination enforcement protocols.”

September 21, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on May 9, 2021 in social media posts:

“U.S. Census Bureau confirms huge conflict in total number of voters in 2020 election.”

May 12, 2021

JB Pritzker
stated on October 13, 2020 in a tweet:

Says Illinois has made a "nation-leading" investment in funding for Census outreach.

By Deborah Wilber • November 1, 2020

Joe Biden
stated on September 15, 2020 in a speech at a Florida event:

“24 of every 100 kids in school today speak Spanish.”

By Amy Sherman • September 23, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on July 23, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“California has six extra” congressional representatives “because illegals are counted” in the census.

August 6, 2020

Stacey Abrams
stated on July 23, 2020 in an MSNBC interview:

“Right now, we are about 4% behind the (census) response rate where we were in 2010. But for Black and Latino and Native American communities, they’re behind by 10%.”

By Miriam Valverde • July 31, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on March 21, 2020 in a Facebook post:

"If you are in Las Vegas and you get a knock on your door from NV Power, 2020 Census or CVD-19 testers, do not open your door. They are robbing people at gunpoint."

March 25, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on March 22, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“Go to 2020census.gov and fill out this census form so you can get your stimulus check.”

March 23, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on February 21, 2020 in an image:

"There is a group going to homes and pretending to be officials from home affairs. They have documents with the letterhead Department of Home Affairs and claim to be confirming that everyone has a valid ID for the upcoming census. They are robbing homes."

By Daniel Funke • February 25, 2020

Rush Limbaugh
stated on July 12, 2019 in a "Fox & Friends" appearance:

"Somebody in the Obama regime decided to get rid of" the citizenship question in the census.

By Bill McCarthy • July 15, 2019

Beto O'Rourke
stated on June 13, 2019 in an interview on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert:

"The Census is predicting a 6% undercount that will be targeted against nonwhites in this country — so Hispanics, African Americans, communities of color" if a citizenship question is asked.

By Stefanie Pousoulides • July 1, 2019

Letitia James
stated on April 23, 2019 in a news conference:

"The enumeration clause speaks to the count of every individual, and not just Americans, not just citizens."

By Jill Terreri Ramos • April 30, 2019

Bennett Sandlin
stated on April 22, 2019 in a news conference:

Says 74% of people in Texas are "crammed into 4% of the land."

By Madlin Mekelburg • April 26, 2019

Mark Meadows
stated on March 14, 2019 in a congressional hearing:

"The previous administration under President Barack Obama really was the first time that we didn’t ask a citizenship-type question … for the first time in a century, a citizenship question was not included in 2010."

By Bill McCarthy • April 4, 2019