US EditionCensus Bureau Plans to Use Survey with a Citizenship Question in Its Test for 2030, Alarming Experts
The 2026 test in Alabama and South Carolina uses American Community Survey questions including citizenship to improve 2030 census methods, involving 155,000 households, officials said.
- On Monday the U.S. Census Bureau announced the 2026 test will run April to September with around 155,000 households in Huntsville, Alabama, and Spartanburg, South Carolina using an ACS form including a citizenship question.
- Amid a redistricting push, Republican lawmakers and GOP-led states have filed lawsuits and legislation seeking citizenship data or to exclude non-citizens from apportionment counts, driven by legal and political actions.
- The ACS-derived questionnaire includes detailed items such as income and plumbing, while new methods test using U.S. Postal Service workers, and experts note ACS questions are new for census field tests.
- Advocates warn that adding a citizenship question would lower response rates and accuracy, while the bureau says 2026 test results will not affect political representation but guide 2030 plans and a 2027 report to Congress.
- The next formal step is for the Office of Management and Budget to decide whether the proposed questions move forward, amid legal precedent where the U.S. Supreme Court blocked a 2020 citizenship question and President Joe Biden rescinded earlier exclusion orders.
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