Latest Fact-Checks In Census

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 4, 2025 a post on Truth Social
“Promises kept: negative net migration (in the U.S.) for the first time in 50 years!”
Mostly False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • August 8, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 23, 2020 a Facebook post
“California has six extra” congressional representatives “because illegals are counted” in the census.
Mostly False
August 6, 2020
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on December 3, 2015 a tweet
"From 2010-2014, median household income" in Wisconsin "has actually gone up 7.4 percent."  
Mostly False
By Kevin Crowe • December 7, 2015
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on February 2, 2015 his radio commentary
"A married couple that" use the same last name "is rarer and rarer in our country."
Mostly False
February 13, 2015
Will Wynn
Will Wynn
stated on March 30, 2014 a news story
More "25- to 34-year-olds are moving to Austin than any other city in America."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 15, 2014
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on April 8, 2014 remarks at a committee hearing
"My state of Florida is now the third-largest state. We have surpassed New York in population."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • April 14, 2014
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 8, 2011 a speech in Philadelphia
"If you shut down Amtrak's Northeast Corridor, it's estimated you'd have to add seven new lanes to I-95 to accommodate the increased traffic."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 11, 2011