{"id":2654563,"date":"2026-09-04T11:20:01","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T15:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigncalls-grow-for-trump-to-appoint-director-to-ensure-accurate-2030-census\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T11:22:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T15:22:30","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigncalls-grow-for-trump-to-appoint-director-to-ensure-accurate-2030-census","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigncalls-grow-for-trump-to-appoint-director-to-ensure-accurate-2030-census\/","title":{"rendered":"Calls Grow For Trump To Appoint Census Bureau Director"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Futm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigncalls-grow-for-trump-to-appoint-director-to-ensure-accurate-2030-census%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2654563&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A growing number of state lawmakers are urging President Trump to appoint a full-time Census director to oversee the 2030 Census, which has been led by an acting director as early 2025. The coalition of 142 (now 170) Republican officials is concerned about the Census bureaus operations, including its reliance on statistical adjustments that may distort data and erode public trust. They also criticize the removal of the citizenship question from the census form, which they argue affects congressional apportionment and redistricting, potentially benefiting Democrat-leaning states.The Biden administration opposed reinstating the citizenship question during the 2020 Census legal battles. While there are calls for appointing a qualified director to ensure an accurate count, it remains uncertain when or if President Trump will nominate someone to lead the agency. Currently, Acting Director George Cook oversees the Census Bureau. 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The agency \u2014 which is responsible for conducting a decennial census and effectively decides how many U.S. House seats each state is awarded \u2014 has operated without a Senate-confirmed leader since early 2025. <\/p>\n<div id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-164535560\" class=\"d-flex justify-content-center fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 fdrlst__b89e9-entity-placement\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statefreedomcaucus.org\/census\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">totaling<\/a> 170 state lawmakers as of publication, the coalition espoused concern that the Census Bureau \u201chas drifted from its constitutional mission.\u201d The GOP officials specifically noted the agency\u2019s \u201ccontinued reliance on differential privacy, statistical adjustments, and other methodologies,\u201d which they argued \u201ccorrupt reported data to distort an actual enumeration of our citizenry\u201d and \u201chas eroded public trust.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As The Federalist <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/09\/27\/what-are-the-odds-census-mistakes-overwhelmingly-benefit-democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">repor<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/09\/27\/what-are-the-odds-census-mistakes-overwhelmingly-benefit-democrats\/\">ted<\/a>, the Census Bureau released a post-2020 Census analysis in 2022 revealing that it undercounted the population of mostly Republican states (five of six) and overcounted the population of mostly Democrat states (six of eight). In other words, mostly Democrat states were afforded more congressional seats than they should\u2019ve gotten after the 2020 Census, while mostly Republican states were wrongly deprived of seats.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another issue raised by state lawmakers in their letter to Trump is the \u201cremoval of the citizenship question from the household census form,\u201d which they noted has \u201cempowered the non-citizen population count to deform congressional apportionment and state and federal redistricting.\u201d A January 2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/thearp.org\/blog\/apportionment\/2030-citizen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">forecast<\/a> by the American Redistricting Project estimated that an accurate 2030 apportionment without noncitizens would lead to blue states like California and New York losing House seats and red states like Florida and Tennessee gaining seats.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The president\u2019s efforts to include the citizenship question on the 2020 Census met legal headwinds during his first administration. The battle ultimately made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court, which effectively <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oyez.org\/cases\/2018\/18-966\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sided<\/a> against the government based on a procedural issue. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>[READ:[READ:<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/07\/29\/counting-noncitizens-in-the-census-undermines-american-democracy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Counting Noncitizens In The Census Undermines American Democracy<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the growing calls to appoint a full-time Census director, it remains unclear when or if Trump will do so. The White House did not respond to The Federalist\u2019s request for comment on whether the president is planning to send a nomination to the Senate by the end of the year, and if so, when such a nomination would be publicly announced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMr. President, your Administration has rightly and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignexclusive-142-state-lawmakers-urge-trump-to-appoint-census-director-to-ensure-accurate-2030-citizen-count\/\" title=\"... Urge Trump To ... New ...\">consistently emphasized election integrity<\/a> as a fundamental part of regaining America\u2019s trust in our government,\u201d the state lawmakers wrote. \u201cKey decisions are being made at the Census Bureau now that will affect America\u2019s path forward. Nominating a qualified Census Bureau Director at this crucial time is an integral part of ensuring that the 2030 Census accurately fulfills its constitutional purpose.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Census Bureau is currently being spearheaded by Acting Director George Cook, who serves as the deputy under secretary in the Office of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Shawn Fleetwood is a staff writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He is a co-recipient of the 2025 Dao Prize for Excellence in Investigative Journalism. His work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics and RealClearHealth. 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