The U.S. Census Bureau says it is once again delaying the release and narrowing the scope of some of the most detailed data from the 2020 census — this time until next year.
FILE - Rows of homes in suburban Salt Lake City are pictured on April 13, 2019. The U.S. Census Bureau said Wednesday, May 31, 2023, that it would once again delay the release, and narrow the scope, of some of the most detailed data from the 2020 census this time until 2024. the release, and narrow the scope, of some of the most detailed data from the 2020 census — until next year.
“It is a pretty severe delay and cutback in granularity," demographer Steven Ruggles, who directs the world's largest population database at the University of Minnesota and has been critical of the need for the new privacy method, said in an email. “What a mess!” “Many users of these data are likely to be state and local planners and officials, who need to know about micro level trends and patterns for planning, grants and program proposals,” Kenneth Johnson, a senior demographer at the University of New Hampshire, said in an email.
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