Q&A: Proposed 2030 Census changes could be ‘very harmful,’ demographic expert warns

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The Trump administration has proposed several major changes to the 2030 census that could limit who is counted and what information is collected. Among the changes, any non-U.S. citizens without a green card would not be counted, and the census would no longer ask people about their race, ethnicity and sexual orientation. 

Demographic experts warn that those changes could dramatically undercount people in the country and lead to changes in political representation, federal funding and quality of the data, which is collected every 10 years. 

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Q&A: Proposed 2030 Census changes could be ‘very harmful,’ demographic expert warns

The Trump administration has proposed several major changes to the 2030 census that could limit who is counted and what information is collected. Among the changes, any non-U.S. citizens without a green card would not be counted, and the census would no longer ask people about their race, ethnicity and sexual orientation. 

Demographic experts warn that those changes could dramatically undercount people in the country and lead to changes in political representation, federal funding and quality of the data, which is collected every 10 years. 

Click here to read the full article.

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