Envisioning the Census 2030: A 21st Century Census Curated Data Enterprise

We propose a set of revolutionary advancements to help the U.S. Census Bureau (the Bureau) implement a new approach for the 2030 Decennial Census. To better meet the country’s needs, we offer innovations whereby essential data will be built over the decade with the goal of providing an even more complete and accurate enumeration of the United States population in 2030. Along the way, the Bureau will innovate its operations and produce more timely, more robust, and more accurate findings to serve the nation’s need for data about its people, places, and economy and to more fully reflect the diversity of the nation’s racial and ethnic composition. The Bureau will achieve these advancements while reducing public burden, leveling out the cost of its enumeration operations across the decade, better serving more geographic entities, and maintaining the essential trust that the collected data are secure.

Keller S, Prewitt K. Envisioning Census 2030: A 21st Century Census Curated Data Enterprise. [Other]. Biocomplexity Institute, University of Virginia; 2021 April.