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Welcome to the Census Project website. The Census Project is an informal network of several dozen census stakeholder organizations that are working to ensure inclusive, comprehensive and forward-thinking early planning for Census 2020. We also will encourage Congress and the Administration to provide adequate resources to meet the task. Further, we support the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS), which replaced the census long form as an ongoing source of key social, economic and demographic data. This vital survey also needs adequate resources over the coming decade to maintain its accuracy and usefulness to decision makers.

Currently, because of economic, fiscal and political challenges, the ongoing budgets to adequately fund planning for Census 2020 and the ACS’ ongoing work will be under a microscope in Congress. And, there is an effort in the House of Representatives to make participation in the ACS voluntary instead of mandatory. Such a move would make the ACS less accurate and more expensive to taxpayers.

At the same time, the Census Bureau has started research and testing for the 2020 enumeration. The Census Project will work to ensure that external stakeholders have a meaningful voice in this process.

The Census Project is engaging in a public education campaign to alert the public, policymakers and the media to the stakes involved in these early decisions by Congress and the Census Bureau.