(Photo courtesy of CensusOutreach.org)

Fears over data security, government misuse of personal information and the novel coronavirus are all shaping up to put a damper on the 2020 U.S. census.

Those were some of the concerns raised in a national conference call March 13 with representatives of several nonprofit organizations working to help the U.S. Census Bureau count as many people living in the United States as possible.

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.