President Trump said on Thursday that he had directed the Department of Commerce to start work on “immediately a new and highly accurate”. Exclude unarmed immigrants,
But the census is a huge venture and has huge results at the national level, including Congress seat alignment – so it is not something that can be changed quickly. In fact, the census bureau Said It planned the 2030 census in 2019.
CBS News has reached the Commerce Department to comment on the post of Mr. Trump.
What do you know about the census process here:
The constitution requires census every 10 years
Article I, Section 2: “After the first meeting of the United States Congress, and within every ten -year tenure, in this way, they will be actually calculated within three years as they are done by the law directly.” The Congress coded the Dicaniel census in the law in 1954. The Constitution also suggests that the revaluation (how many Congress seats get the state) are designated every 10 years, according to the census. Relating then uses that appointment and then states should re -form the lines every 10 years when they know how many Congress seats they will have for the decade.
Real data collection for 2030 census … must start in 2030
This is a long process to design the census process, send census forms and then the enumerators physically go out to collect the rest of the data for those who do not mail their form back or fill it online. The bureau says that they launched a plan for the 2030 census 2019But the actual survey and collection of large -scale data begins on census day, on 1 April of each decade. currently, Bureau timeline They are in the “growth and integration phase” that includes more design schemes and small scale field tests.
Question of citizenship in census?
In the first term of Mr. Trump, his administration tried to add a citizenship question in the 2020 census, but it was rejected by the Supreme Court in a 5-4 judgment. But that decision kept the door open to include that question in the future, but concluded that the reasons given by the administration and the then-commerce secretary Wilber Ross were “deprived” and “east”. Due to a tight timeline to finalize the forms of census in 2019, the Trump administration did not have time to find another Avenue to appeal and get a question of citizenship on the census. With a census collection for 2030, still years away, there is a long runway to try legally and get a citizenship question on the form.
The Census Bureau takes the annual survey/data collecting, but not for the counting of the population that will affect the redistribution
since 2005The bureau conducts “American Community Survey” every year to collect social, economic, housing and demographic information. Sample In homes in all 50 states. it The survey asks for the year of birth, citizenship and entry into the US but the bureau says the data is anonymous.
No one on the census website is able to find out the answers of your survey from the data you produce. , State america,
Has political parties collected in the census?
No. There is a monthly survey sponsored by the Bureau of Labor Statistics that conducts the Census Bureau that measures it during the years of election and then after one election. But the Dicaniel census does not ask about political party, income or religion.
Black, Latin and indigenous population was reduced in 2020 census
The bureau and experts cited the delay caused by Covid-19 and as a cold effect, due to the undercount, from the attempt to initiate a citizenship question on the census form on the census form. Latino saw about 5% undercount in 2020 compared to 1.54% in the 2010 census. Undercount rate The black population was 3.3% in 2020 compared to 2% in 2010. Overall, the Post-EMAT survey of the Census Bureau found that 0.25% or 782,000 pure coverage for the nation was undercount.
How do Congress seats work with census?
In 1911, the Congress determined the number of seats on 435, a number that was permanently determined by the Permanent Application Act of 1929. The number of seats received by each state is determined by the population with at least one. California is the highest with 52, followed by Texas 38 and 28 with Florida.
Given the change in population, the number of Congress seats to each state is determined by census. In July, Florida village Ron Desantis suggested that the census should be rebuilt as he believed that Florida should get two new seats instead of just one.
Based on the number of seats received by each state, the districts of the Congress are then determined, either by the State Legislature or an independent Commission. Mr. Trump is currently closed in one Redistribution fight in TexasWhere he has directed the Republican of the state to re -prepare the districts to benefit GOP in five more seats.
Utter Public fighting in texas Has led to California village. Gavin newsom Saying that he too can re -prepare the map for Democrats, and many other states have also started building new districts for biased benefits.
