The Republican Plan to Reform the Census Could Put Everyone’s Privacy at Risk

A little-known algorithmic process called “differential privacy” helps keep census data anonymous. Conservatives want it gone ...
Pew Research Center

Counting Race: How the Census Measures Identity and What Americans Think About It

How the U.S. government measures race has changed substantially since censuses began in 1790. Today, Americans differ on whether the government should ask about race.
Pew Research Center

The changing categories the U.S. census has used to measure race

Racial categories, which have been on every U.S. census, have changed from decade to decade, reflecting the politics and science of the times.

Trump Admin Slowrolls Census Effort To Accurately Count Non-White Americans

Quyen Dinh didn’t even remember that, in 2024, she was selected as one of 23 appointees to the Census 2030 Advisory Committee ...

Census wars: Battle over 2030 census could upend political power in Washington

Republicans are eyeing ways to keep illegal immigrants out of the population counts that determine apportionment.
The New York Times

One More Census Takeaway: The End of an Era of Counting the Nation?

Some experts are arguing that it’s time for the census to aggressively make use of government data and other sources to augment its own decennial count. By Michael Wines WASHINGTON — Beyond the ...