The U.S. Census Bureau plans to use a survey form with a citizenship question for its 2030 census practice test.
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Census practice test includes citizenship questionThe U.S. Census Bureau plans to use a survey form with a citizenship question for its 2030 census practice test. The test being conducted in Huntsville, Alabama, and Spartanburg, South Carolina, uses questions from the American Community Survey, not recent census forms. The ACS includes a citizenship question while the census form does not.
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