The further away you get from
the last decennial census (2010), the more inaccurate the estimates are likely to be.
Not exact matches
Last fall, the agency had proposed removing the questions in a bid to streamline the 72 - question survey, begun in 2005 as a replacement for the so - called long form of the
decennial census.
Last May, for example, President Donald Trump requested only $ 51 million more for the account that includes the
decennial census.
«My office continues to hear from constituents saying that someone is parked outside their house or they are knocking on the door,» Senator James Lankford (R — OK), one of the survey's most vocal opponents, told
census officials
last week at a hearing on the bureau's plans for the 2020
decennial census that also touched on ACS.
The problem lies not simply with Ross's controversial, eleventh - hour decision
last month to add a citizenship question to the
decennial census, although civil rights groups, local and state governments, and business leaders believe the question will depress participation and jeopardize an accurate head count in 2020.