CAP Comments on the Census Bureau’s Proposed Race-Ethnicity Code List for the ACS and the 2030 Census

The Center for American Progress submitted comments to the U.S. Census Bureau regarding the proposed changes to the race/ethnicity code list for the American Community Survey and the 2030 census.

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On January 10, 2025, the Center for American Progress submitted a comment letter to the U.S. Census Bureau in response to multiple proposed changes to the race/ethnicity code list for the American Community Survey and for the 2030 census. The comments provided an overview of how CAP uses census data, including regional data and categories, within its research. The comments also provided insights into and examples of how removing regional categories from the code list and tabulated products would affect the work done at CAP when using race/ethnicity data. Finally, the comment letter supports the ability to create regional categories using disaggregated data.

Click here to read CAP’s comment letter.

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Mariam Rashid

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Sara Estep

Economist

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