In 2020, as it does every 10 years, the U.S. Census Bureau will attempt to make an official, complete count of the population. Andrew Gomez, assistant professor of history, uses data from the census in his research (on early Cuban communities in the U.S.) and his teaching (on the history of the census, as well as how immigration has shaped U.S. cities over time). Here, he shares seven things you might not know about the census.

Professor Andrew Gomez was awarded a Whiting Fellowship to collect and preserve oral histories about race in Tacoma.

Harry Loran '21 works to keep Pierce County kids out of juvenile detention.

With the gaping mile-wide crater and expansive pumice plain left by Mount St. Helens’ violent 1980 eruption as a backdrop, Alex Barnes ’20 is at Sprit Lake, gathering samples for his summer research project on the lake's restoration and recovery.