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    Biden Is Reviving An Effort To Change How The Census Asks About Race And Ethnicity

    The Trump administration had stalled on reviewing the proposals, which the Census Bureau says would produce more accurate data about Latinos and people with roots in the Middle East or North Africa.
    by Hansi Lo Wang Jul 19, 2021 3 minutes
    A resident of Reading, Pa., fills out a U.S. census form in 2010. The White House's Office of Management and Budget says it's reviewing proposals that the Census Bureau's researchers say would allow the census to gather more accurate race and ethnicity data about Latinos and people with Middle Eastern or North African origins.

    President Biden's White House is reviving a previously stalled review of proposed policy changes that could allow the Census Bureau to ask about people's race and ethnicity in a radical new way in time for the 2030 head count, NPR has learned.

    First proposed in 2016, the recommendations lost steam during former President Donald Trump's administration despite years of research by the bureau that suggested would improve the accuracy of 2020 census data about Latinos and .

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