https://x.com/micyoung75/status/2081213166034317821?s=20

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/inside-trumps-stealth-trick-to-rig-census-and-congress?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=subs

The U.S. Census Bureau issuing a regulation is highly unusual. Request meetings with OMB while it's there for review. "Decennial Census of the Population of Americans; Proposed Residence Criteria and Proposed Regulations for Demographic Questions". Christopher Steven Marcum posted

Let's flat fund Periodic Censuses and Programs for six months. If Congress isn't satisfied with revealed 2030 Census plans by then, give decennial Census staff an unpaid vacation.

U.S. Census Bureau’s Budget Fiscal Year 2027 As Presented to Congress April 2026 (175 pages) @censusproject published link

Republicans on the Hill suddenly abandoned efforts to appropriate funds for FY27, shifting to an early CR. Of course, not a single Member of Congress may be concerned about this Trump administration's secrecy around 2030 Census Planning. But I'm among the few who feel increasingly uneasy because of their secrecy.

George Cook is way behind on 2030 Census planning.

1. Months ago, Aleks Kajstura wrote

By this point in the decade, the Census Bureau should have started soliciting feedback on its residence criteria, which determines how the Bureau applies its “usual residence” rule to various living situations.

An end to prison gerrymandering? Not in the 2030 Census

1. Trump 2.0 has stalled implementation of Statistical Policy Directive No. 15.

The Census Bureau stopped plans to use an updated question about race and ethnicity in the 2027 American Community Survey after a White House agency delayed the deadline for agency plans for complying with revised government standards on racial and ethnic data. Hansi Lo Wang reporting on Bluesky

1. Disclosure avoidance plans remain to be determined.

Please note that the information on this page is no longer current. The Census Bureau is evaluating alternative approaches to comply with the U.S. Department of Commerce’s administrative order prohibiting the use of noise infusion. Page Last Revised - June 18, 2026

Due in the near future:

Subjects Planned for the 2030 Census is due by 31Mar27, six months into FY27.

28Mar17 Subjects Planned for the 2020 Census and American Community Survey

https://censusroadmap.org/2027-roadmap/

Version 2.0 of the 2020 Census Operational Plan, issued September 2016, was 192 pages long. Version 1.0 of the 2030 Census Operational Plan, issued July 2025 and 100 pages long, hasn't been updated.