The article examines a proposed change to how the Census collects demographic information, raising questions about the availability of race and ethnicity data and its role in understanding the US population.
Key Takeaways
- The administration's proposal would remove race and ethnicity questions from the 2030 Census, prompting concerns among health and civil rights advocates about the loss of demographic information.
- Census data helps researchers and policymakers identify disparities in healthcare, housing, education, and access to services, including healthy food.
- Grier warns that removing race-related questions would make existing inequalities harder to measure and limit the ability to assess which communities benefit from public services.
“Removing questions about race makes those disparities harder to see. We need demographic information to see who the services are reaching.” — Sonya Grier, Kogod School of Business.
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