• COMIC: How the census gives your state power (and what Trump wants to change) (NPR)
• Group Says Census Changes Risk $778 Billion in Annual Investment (Bloomberg Government)
• Erasing Equity: Proposed 2030 Census changes to strip race questions and exclude noncitizens (New York Amsterdam News)
• Experts On How Trump’s Census Overhaul Could Hurt Black Americans (The Root)
• A proposal to remove questions from the census could leave the country flying data blind (Federal News Network)
• CitiesSpeak Podcast “Proposed Census Changes with Doreen Garlid” (National League of Cities)
• Trump Admin Officially Moves to Reshape National Political Power With New Changes to 2030 Census (Talking Points Memo)
• Trump officials cut political interference ban after unusual Census Bureau report (NPR)
• A US Census Report on Noncitizen Voting Used Bad Data to Reach Faulty Conclusions (WIRED)
• Trump Wants the Census to Stop Collecting Race and Ethnicity Data (Washinton Sun)
• 2030 Census Changes That Could Exclude Millions of Immigrants (MundoNOW)
• Under Trump, census eyes sweeping plan to omit immigrants, race data (Associated Press)
• Trump Administration Proposes Major Changes to 2030 Census (Fed Manager)
• America’s disappearing data (Politico)
• Proposed Census Rule Would Exclude Millions From 2030 Count (American Community Media)

 

More coverage, with excerpts:

The Washington Post | Trump administration proposes changes to census that could exclude millions 

Millions of residents could be excluded from the U.S. census, congressional representation could be reshaped and federal funds could be reallocated across states under changes proposed by the Trump administration. The proposal argues that the census count should exclude any undocumented immigrants and noncitizens without permanent residency because they are “not true inhabitants, members of the body politic, or persons with a ‘usual residence’ in the United States due to their lack of a sufficient tie and allegiance to the United States.”

Amy B. Wang | September 9, 2026

New York Daily News | Trump pushes 2030 census to exclude immigrants, not ask about race 

The Trump administration Wednesday unveiled proposed new rules for the census that would order the national count to exclude undocumented immigrants and not ask about race, ethnicity or sexual orientation. The proposals, which would likely face fierce objections and legal challenges, aims to reshape the once-a-decade count of people living in America starting with the 2030 census, with widespread impacts on government spending and political representation.

Dave Goldiner | September 9, 2026

Talking Points Memo | Trump Admin Officially Moves to Reshape National Political Power With New Changes to 2030 Census 

A version of a federal rule proposing to exclude certain noncitizens from being counted in the 10-year Census was published to the federal register this morning, and is more aggressive in several ways than the draft version first revealed in full last month by TPM. The final version explicitly proposes a question about immigration status on the census, excludes refugees and asylees from the count, and changes how members of the military are to be tallied.

Josh Kovensky and Layla A. Jones | September 9, 2026

Talking Points Memo | What the Heck Is the Trump Admin Trying to Do With the Census? 

As part of their overarching plan to reduce the power of blue states and promote myths about noncitizen voting, the Trump administration is pushing all types of changes to how the census operates. TPM reporter Layla Jones will talk to publisher Joe Ragazzo and executive editor John Light about what these schemes involve and what’s at stake.

Allegra Kirkland | September 9, 2026

NPR | Trump officials propose sweeping changes to the census that would reshape voting maps 

The Trump administration is proposing major changes to how the U.S. government produces census results for the next national head count in 2030. While the plan faces likely legal challenges, such changes would affect the population numbers used to determine each state’s share of representatives in Congress and votes in the Electoral College, redraw maps of voting districts for all levels of government and distribute federal funding for public services.

Hansi Lo Wang | September 10, 2026 

The New Republic | Trump Reveals Plan to Overhaul U.S. Census—Reshaping All of Congress 

President Trump is trying once again to skirt the Constitution and mess with the U.S. census. The White House is proposing changes to the 2030 census that would exclude every non–U.S. citizen without permanent residency, flouting the Constitution’s Fourteenth Amendment, which states that the census must count the “whole number of persons in each state.” The proposal, released online Wednesday, also seeks to stop asking about race and ethnicity, which has been included in every census since 1790, and ban any future questions on sexual orientation.

Hafiz Rashid | September 9, 2026

USAToday | Census proposes to stop counting undocumented immigrants for House seats 

The census is important because its population count determines how many House seats each state deserves, and how many types of federal funds are distributed.

The effort could have “earth-shattering” effects, leaving cities and states that have relatively large immigrant populations with insufficient federal aid and political representation, said Meeta Anand, senior director of the census and data equity program at the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. Census data “undergirds so much of our democracy and our society,” Anand said. “So you’ll start seeing a very inaccurate picture of our country, and then we’re making political decisions, business decisions, investment decisions based on data that are flawed. These are all people who are integrated into the fabric of our society and are contributing members of our society. So to pretend they are not here is to dent the truth and reality.” Anand said that her group does not engage in litigation, but she said she has spoken to other groups who are planning to file lawsuits.”

Bart Jansen, Emily R. Condon | September 9, 2026

Politico | Trump administration proposes dramatic overhaul of 2030 census that changes who counts as living in America

The Trump administration proposed a sweeping overhaul of how people in America are counted in the 2030 census on Wednesday, including moving to exclude immigrants in the country illegally from the population totals used to determine political representation and not asking every American about their race and ethnicity.

Ben Johansen | September 9, 2026

Reuters | Trump administration proposes dropping huge swath of immigrants from US census

The Trump administration proposed on ​Wednesday changing the national census to include only U.S. citizens and permanent residents, a move that ‌could significantly change how much political representation and federal funding each state receives. The U.S. Census Bureau submitted the proposal just over a year after President Donald Trump ordered its parent agency to craft a new census that would block immigrants in the U.S. illegally ​from being counted. The bureau will conduct the next full census in 2030.

The effort could have “earth-shattering” effects, leaving cities and states that have relatively high immigrant populations with insufficient federal aid and political representation, said Meeta Anand, senior director of the census and data equity program at the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. Census data “undergirds so much of our democracy and our society,” Anand said. “So you’ll start seeing a very inaccurate picture of our country, and then we’re making political decisions, business decisions, investment decisions based on data that are flawed.”  

Julia Harte | September 9, 2026

Independent | Trump wants to keep non-citizens out of 2030 Census in massive shakeup that could reshape America 

Donald Trump’s administration is proposing major changes to the upcoming Census that could end up reshaping Congress and how vital public dollars are distributed to the states. A draft proposal, published Wednesday, would prohibit all noncitizens without a green card from participating in the 2030 Census. That would exclude refugees, people seeking asylum and other protected immigrants with legal status, as well as undocumented people who have long been included in the nation’s headcount.

Alex Woodward | September 9, 2026

Roll Call | Census overhaul proposed by Trump administration could reshape Congress 

The Trump administration proposed on Wednesday to exclude undocumented and temporary immigrants from the data used to apportion House seats after the 2030 census, continuing a push from his first term. The changes, coupled with reducing the demographic data collected about Americans, could mean shifts in congressional seats among states after the 2030 count. The proposed rule, set to be published in the Federal Register Thursday, would exclude undocumented immigrants and those without permanent legal status, commonly known as a green card, from the data used to apportion congressional seats among states after the upcoming census.

Michael Macagnone | September 9, 2026

The Guardian | Trump officials push to exclude undocumented immigrants from US census 

The Trump administration on Wednesday proposed changes to the US census intended to exclude immigrants without legal status in addition to other groups, with potentially significant effects on the allocation of federal resources and drawing of districts in the US House of Representatives. In a proposed rule published in the Federal Register, the Census Bureau also announced it was considering changes to the data it collects about race and ethnicity, amid the Trump administration’s push to rid the government of diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

Chris Stein | September 9, 2026 

The Washington Times | Trump team aims to drop race, sexual orientation, illegal immigrants from census 

The Trump administration proposed major changes Wednesday to the decennial census, calling for the elimination of questions on race, ethnicity and sexual orientation, which it said would bring the questionnaire more in line with the census’ original purpose. The proposal also calls for dropping illegal immigrants and temporary foreign visitors from the official apportionment count, which is used to apportion the 435 seats in the House of Representatives. The changes would be among the biggest ever to the main census count, which surveys every household in the country.

Stephen Dinan | September 9, 2026

NPR | Trump officials revive a bid to alter the U.S. census and reshape voting maps 

The Trump administration is making a new push to exclude millions of U.S. residents from a key census count that the 14th Amendment says must include the “whole number of persons in each state.”

MEETA ANAND: And what happens then is you are going to have inaccurate data… It’s what we use to determine health outcomes. It’s how we are able to understand the very fabric of who we are as a society.

Hansi Lo Wang | September 10, 2026

The Washington Sun | Trump Wants the Census to Stop Collecting Race and Ethnicity Data 

For the first time, the federal government wants to stop collecting race and ethnicity information about Americans as part of the nation’s census, a move that could undercut market research, public policy, scientific study, civil rights enforcement and more. In a proposal published Wednesday, the Census Bureau argued that collecting demographic data doesn’t advance the “fundamental” purpose of the decennial census to dole out seats in the House of Representatives.

Natalie Alms | September 9, 2026

Al Jazeera | Who is Trump trying to exclude from 2030 US census and why does it matter? 

The administration of United States President Donald Trump has released a proposal to remove millions of non-US citizens from national census data. The plan to exclude non-citizens and those who are not permanent residents from the next full census in 2030 could have dramatic implications for federal aid and political representation, analysts say. The proposal comes amid the Trump administration’s broader immigration crackdown and efforts to reshape electoral power, including through congressional redistricting and restrictions on mail-in voting, which activists say could disenfranchise minorities.

Meeta Anand, senior director of the census and data ⁠⁠equity programme at the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, told Reuters the effect could be “earth-shattering”. Census data “undergirds so ⁠⁠much of our democracy and our society,” Anand said. “So you’ll start seeing a very inaccurate picture of our country and then we’re making political decisions, business decisions, investment decisions based on data that are flawed.” 

Al Jazeera Staff | September 10, 2026

The Wall Street Journal | Trump Administration Proposes Eliminating Race Questions From Census 

The Trump administration is proposing an overhaul of the 2030 census by eliminating questions about race and ethnicity and restricting how immigrants would be counted when census results are used for allotting congressional seats. The Commerce Department, which oversees the census, proposed not to count most immigrants toward the population used to apportion seats for the House, unless they have become citizens or hold permanent resident status. The proposed new calculation would exclude immigrants in the country illegally, which various analyses estimate total about 15 million. The proposal, which the government posted to the federal register on Wednesday, will be open for public comment.

Michelle Hackman and Paul Overberg | September 9, 2026

CNN | Trump admin pushes sweeping overhaul of census that could exclude millions, reshape Congress and slash federal funding 

The Trump administration on Wednesday proposed sweeping changes to the US census that could leave millions out of the count, dramatically altering the allocation of congressional seats and billions in federal funds. The proposed regulation posted in the Federal Register would add a citizenship question to the 2030 census and exclude immigrants who are not legal permanent residents from the nationwide population survey, leaving out undocumented individuals, asylum seekers and refugees.

Piper Hudspeth Blackburn | September 10, 2026

MS Now | Why Americans should care about Team Trump’s radical plan to change the census 

The language of the U.S. Constitution is unambiguous when it comes to the decennial census: The government is responsible for counting “all persons” in the United States as part of a process that’s conducted every “ten years.” There are no asterisks, there is no fine print. The first census was in 1790, and the count has been conducted every 10 years since, including during the pandemic in 2020. As a matter of tradition, the census has not generally been a target for political schemes, but as is too often the case, things are quite different when the federal government is run by Donald Trump and his allies.

Steve Benen | September 10, 2026

The New York Times | Trump’s Census Overhaul Would Exclude Some Immigrants and Remove Questions on Race 

The Trump administration on Wednesday proposed to no longer count immigrants without green cards in the 2030 census or ask about race and ethnicity, part of an overhaul that would redefine who counts as a U.S. resident in the eyes of the federal government. The sweeping measures would upend a process that helps determine the allotment of congressional seats, billions of dollars in federal funding and policies to address systemic disparities.

Zolan Kanno-Youngs | September 9, 2026

Democracy Now! | Trump Administration Proposes Overhaul of 2030 Census 

The Trump administration on Wednesday announced a sweeping overhaul of the 2030 census, proposing to no longer count immigrants without green cards or ask about race and ethnicity. The proposed regulation would also bar the census from asking about sexual orientation. Previously, the census had asked Americans about their race and ethnicity and counted all U.S. residents regardless of their immigration status.

Democracy Now! | September 10, 2026

The Grio | Trump’s 2030 census plan would eliminate race questions and exclude some immigrants from count 

The Trump administration is proposing a major rewrite of the 2030 census that would exclude undocumented immigrants, leave out some people who are legally in the country temporarily and remove questions about race and ethnicity. The Trump census proposal goes further than Trump’s 2025 push to exclude undocumented immigrants and revives a census fight that courts blocked in 2020. The U.S. Census Bureau submitted the proposal Wednesday, Reuters reported. The proposal would limit the census count to U.S. citizens and permanent residents, a change Reuters says could significantly affect political representation and federal funding.

Odafe Oghen | September 10, 2026

NewsCord | Trump Administration Proposes Excluding Noncitizens From 2030 U.S. Census: 14 outlets compared 

The Trump administration proposed changes to the 2030 U.S. census that would exclude noncitizens without a green card from being counted, while counting U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents. 11 of 12 outlets skipped it: proposal would cross-reference census citizenship with Homeland Security and Treasury records.

NewsCord | September 10, 2026

The Guardian | American democracy depends on the census. Trump is undermining it 

When the constitutional architects of the United States got together, they came up with a crazy plan: “What if we count everyone in the country and allocate political representation that way?” It was a radical act. Until then, censuses had been used by kings to levy taxes and conscript men into war. With the penning of article 1, section 2 of the US constitution, being counted ensured that states would get financial resources and political representatives. Congress was tasked with building the processes to anchor representation to the population. People wanted to be counted. And politicians wanted their people to be counted more.

danah boyd | September 10, 2026

WIRED | A US Census Report on Noncitizen Voting Used Bad Data to Reach Faulty Conclusions 

Trump has touted a recent Census report. WIRED found grave flaws in its analysis and the process behind it, and confirmed the identity of several of its authors—among them a one-time DOGE affiliate.

Vittoria Elliot, David Gilbert | September 9, 2026

Axios | Trump’s census plan could reshape voting maps, eliminate race questions

The Trump administration’s renewed attempt to rewrite the rules for counting the U.S. population could upend congressional apportionment in future elections and likely spark a flurry of legal challenges. “The scope of the proposed changes is breathtaking in how … it’ll affect census operations, census results, and equally important, public confidence in the integrity of the count,” says Terri Ann Lowenthal, the former staff director of the House subcommittee that conducted census and federal statistical system oversight.

Avery Lotz | September 10, 2026

AP News | Under Trump, census eyes sweeping plan to omit immigrants, race data

The Trump administration is proposing a dramatic overhaul of the once-a-decade U.S. Census head count that could leave out millions of immigrants based on status and key racial and ethnic data, jeopardizing the allocation of resources and the country’s voting map. The potential changes, announced Wednesday, would exclude undocumented immigrants, asylum seekers and anyone without permanent status. Certain demographic questions from the traditional questionnaire would also be eliminated.

Terry Tang | September 10, 2026

Talking Points Memo | Ex-Staffers Question Census Bureau Independence After Political Changes to Key Oversight Committee

As the Census Bureau wades deeper into politics, governance changes at an agency committee that handles data privacy, scientific analysis and stewardship issues have opened the door for Trump administration interference, current and former agency staffers told TPM. Some of the most significant changes have put President Donald Trump’s political appointees in leadership roles on the historically nonpolitical committee, just as the Bureau has emerged as a hot-spot for right-wing-driven policymaking.

Layla A. Jones | September 11, 2026

The Hill | Trump administration proposes major 2030 census changes: What to know 

The Trump administration proposed to change the national census to only count U.S. citizens and permanent residents and exclude immigrants living in the country illegally ahead of the 2030 census. The Census Bureau released the proposal online Wednesday, more than a year after President Trump directed the Commerce Department, which oversees the bureau, to develop a new census that did not count those who entered the country illegally in the total.

Finya Swai | September 10, 2026

US News and World Report | Trump Proposal Would Exclude Noncitizens and Demographic Questions from 2030 Census 

The sweeping measures would exclude noncitizens – among them people in the country illegally as well as legal residents awaiting green cards – from the tally. The proposal would also ban questions about race, ethnicity and sexual orientation as part of a broader effort by President Donald Trump to redefine who the federal government counts as a U.S. resident.

Holliday Woodard | September 10, 2026