2030 census

Public health experts warn that proposed changes to the 2030 U.S. census could undermine the country's ability to track morbidity and mortality, worsening health equity. Concerns are being raised that weakened or altered demographic data collection would leave officials without accurate information on which communities are sickest, complicating funding and intervention decisions ahead of the next decennial count.

A Connecticut Mirror opinion piece argues the U.S. Census Bureau is quietly rewriting the rules for how people will be counted in the 2030 census, changing 250 years of precedent and disadvantaging Connecticut. The authors say the bureau is shutting out local data experts who help ensure accurate counts, raising concerns about representation and federal funding for states like Connecticut.