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Census

The U.S. Census is required under the U.S. Constitution to occur every 10 years and is the process of counting every resident in the country. For the first time ever, the Census will be primarily digitally based.

LWVUS Urges Complete Census Data Collection (Legal Document)

LWVUS joined coalition partners in urging the Census Bureau to conduct small-scale testing for collecting home addresses to count incarcerated people at home. 

LWVUS Joins Comments Supporting Census Bureau Testing Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Measures on the American Community Survey (ACS) (Legal Document)

The League of Women Voters of the United States joined public comments to the US Census Bureau supporting them conducting a test of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) measures on the American Community Survey (ACS).

Representing Middle Eastern and North African Citizens in the Census (Blog)

A proposed expansion to the racial identification categories in the US Census would increase representation for the Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) community.

LWVUS Opposes Effort to Exclude Noncitizens from Apportionment Count (Legal Document)

LWVUS and partners urged Congress to oppose H.R. 7109, the Equal Representation Act.

LWVUS Urges Congress to Reject Unconstitutional Change to the Census (Legal Document)

The League urged Congress to oppose an appropriations amendment that would exclude undocumented immigrants from the congressional apportionment calculation after each census. 

LWVUS Joins Comments Supporting Inclusion of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Questions in the American Community Survey (ACS) (Legal Document)

The League of Women Voters of the United States joined public comments in response to the Census Bureau’s request for review and approval for a test of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) questions in the American Community Survey (ACS) in 2024.

LWVUS Joins Letter in Opposition to Reducing Scale of Census Survey (Legal Document)

The League joined 34 other organizations in urging the Census Bureau to reconsider its recommendation to reduce the sample size used in the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP).

LWVUS Comments on OMB Race and Ethnicity Data Standards (Legal Document)

The League submitted comments to the Management and Budget Office (OMB) regarding its proposed updates to the federal government’s race and ethnicity data collection standards. The outcome of this comment opportunity will update the questions that respondents see on the US Census and other forms of government data collection. LWVUS also signed onto partner comments to amplify how the proposed changes would impact numerous racial and ethnic communities in the US.   

LWVUS Welcomes Director Santos to the Census Bureau  (Legal Document)

The League reached out to welcome Director Santos who was confirmed to the Census Bureau earlier this year. Census work is incredibly important to our democracy. 

LWVUS joins partners asking OMB to revise standards for federal data on race and ethnicity (Legal Document)

LWVUS joined partners on a letter asking the Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget to move forward with revising the standards for federal data on race and ethnicity.