Student voices: GAO estimates this will be most expensive census

Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of student produced stories looking at the 2020 census.

The U.S. Government Accountability Office estimates the 2020 census will cost $15.6 billion. If this estimate proves to be correct, the census is on track to be the most expensive in U.S. history, beating the runner-up 2010 Census cost of over $12 billion.