Eighty-five national, state and local organizations have called upon Congressional appropriations leaders “to support robust funding for the U.S. Census Bureau” in Fiscal Year 2027, “specifically $2.111 billion as recommended by The Census Project ($99.5 million more than the Administration’s budget request of $2.011 billion).”
The April 21, 2026 stakeholder sign-on letter to the House and Senate Commerce Justice Science Appropriations Subcommittee chairs and ranking members highlighted concerns about 2030 Census preparation and maintaining and improving the American Community Survey (ACS). The letter noted that the funding request “would enable the Census Bureau” to “also pursue other necessary and worthy data collection and dissemination innovations across its other surveys and programs,” such as the Population Estimates Program, the Current Population Survey, and the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP).
The letter concluded that, “While we appreciate the challenges that the current fiscal environment presents, this is exactly the wrong time in the long-expected ramp-up to the 2030 Census for Congress to constrain funding for the U.S. Census Bureau.…Our country and the economy are going through a period of unprecedented stresses. The comprehensive, nonpartisan and trusted official statistics the Census Bureau provides the nation are essential to understanding where we have been, and how we can plan for where we want to go.”
The stakeholder letter aligns with the FY 2027 census appropriations recommendation from The Census Project.
Stakeholders Support Robust Census Funding in Fiscal Year 2027
Eighty-five national, state and local organizations have called upon Congressional appropriations leaders “to support robust funding for the U.S. Census Bureau” in Fiscal Year 2027, “specifically $2.111 billion as recommended by The Census Project ($99.5 million more than the Administration’s budget request of $2.011 billion).”
The April 21, 2026 stakeholder sign-on letter to the House and Senate Commerce Justice Science Appropriations Subcommittee chairs and ranking members highlighted concerns about 2030 Census preparation and maintaining and improving the American Community Survey (ACS). The letter noted that the funding request “would enable the Census Bureau” to “also pursue other necessary and worthy data collection and dissemination innovations across its other surveys and programs,” such as the Population Estimates Program, the Current Population Survey, and the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP).
The letter concluded that, “While we appreciate the challenges that the current fiscal environment presents, this is exactly the wrong time in the long-expected ramp-up to the 2030 Census for Congress to constrain funding for the U.S. Census Bureau.…Our country and the economy are going through a period of unprecedented stresses. The comprehensive, nonpartisan and trusted official statistics the Census Bureau provides the nation are essential to understanding where we have been, and how we can plan for where we want to go.”
The stakeholder letter aligns with the FY 2027 census appropriations recommendation from The Census Project.
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