Census Bureau gears up for 2020.

• Position: TRENDS & TRANSITIONS - Brief article

After every 10-year population count, the Census Bureau asks state legislatures: How'd we do? Did you have all the data you needed for legislative redistricting? How can we make the information even more useful to you next time?

"Now is the time to begin thinking about your experiences working with the bureau in 2010," says Cathy McCully, chief of the Census Redistricting Data Office. "Providing thoughtful input into how well the bureau delivered timely and nonpartisan population and housing data will help us improve the process in 2020," she says.

Responses will be included in the bureau's redistricting publication, "The View From the States." Some changes are already planned...