Proposed changes to the 2030 Census could lead to an undercount, affecting city planning, federal funding and congressional apportionment, the National League of Cities warns.
Published in the Federal Register on Sept. 10, the Census Bureau’s proposals would amend two sets of regulations governing the decennial census.
“The Census Bureau could, in addition, include a question about legal status on the short-form decennial census questionnaire.”
“We don’t see any of these [changes] as benefits to the census,” Moreno told Smart Cities Dive.
The Census Bureau is also proposing to define the relevant “census enumeration period” to run from Jan. 3 to April 1 during decennial census years.