Even with unanswered questions concerning the 2020 census that the U.S. Supreme Court will likely decide on later this month, the U.S. Department of Commerce is moving ahead with a test run for the recurring 10-year national population count less than a year from now.

The Commerce Department’s Census Bureau said Tuesday that more than 480,000 homes across the U.S. will receive a pilot questionnaire this week measuring the operational effects of a controversial citizenship question on the 2020 Census.    MORE