Census Request Suggests No Race, Ethnicity Data Changes In 2020, Experts Say
Census experts say a recent Census Bureau request to the White House suggests the Trump administration will not approve Obama-era proposals to change how the government asks about race and ethnicity.
A recent Census Bureau request submitted to the White House suggests the Trump administration will not support Obama-era proposals to change how the U.S. government collects information about race and ethnicity, census experts say.
If approved, the proposals would change how the Latino population is counted and create a new checkbox on federal surveys for people with roots in the Middle shows these revisions could improve the accuracy of the upcoming national headcount in 2020. Any changes would carry wide implications for legislative redistricting, civil rights laws and health statistics.
