Advocacy for a Fair, Accurate, and Inclusive Census

ALA has advocated for a fair, accurate, and inclusive 2020 Census, so that all communities receive fair funding and representation and Census data users have reliable information. To learn more, see ALA's 2020 Census resources.

Coalition Letter to the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies regarding fiscal year 2021 appropriations for the Census Bureau (May 14, 2020)
Coalition Letter to the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and House Committee on Oversight and Reform regarding 2020 Census operational adjustments in response to COVID-19 (May 12, 2020)
Coalition letter to the House & Senate Appropriations Committees regarding full-year funding for the 2020 Census (December 6, 2019)
The Scoop: "Next Steps on the Census" (August 1, 2019)
Coalition letter to the Senate Appropriations Committee regarding funding for the 2020 Census (July 24, 2019)
The Scoop: "ALA Statement on SCOTUS Census Ruling" (June 27, 2019)
Coalition letter to the House of Representatives regarding FY 2020 Census Bureau funding (June 17, 2019)
Testimony to the Senate Commerce Appropriations Subcommittee regarding funding for the 2020 Census (May 10, 2019)
Coalition letter regarding to the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations subcommittees regarding FY20 funding for the Census Bureau (April 16, 2019)
Testimony to the House Commerce Appropriations Subcommittee regarding funding for the 2020 Census (April 4, 2019)
The Scoop: "ALA Joins Group Opposing Census Citizenship Question: Supreme Court Argument will be Heard April 23." (April 2, 2019)
Amicus curiae brief of ALA, et al., in the Supreme Court of the United States, Department of Commerce v. State of New York, regarding a citizenship question on the 2020 Census (April 1, 2019)
Coalition letter to the U.S. Census Bureau on recommendations for Questionnaire Assistance Centers for the 2020 Census (March 19, 2019)
Letter to the U.S. Census Bureau regarding Questionnaire Assistance Centers for the 2020 Census (February 22, 2019)
Letter to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees urging funding for Questionnaire Assistance Centers in the 2020 Census (December 7, 2018)
Comments to the Census Bureau regarding information collection in the 2020 Census (August 6, 2018)
Coalition comments to the Census Bureau regarding information collection in the 2020 Census (August 1, 2018)
Coalition Letter to the Senate Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Subcommittee regarding FY 2019 funding for the Census Bureau (June 4, 2018)
Coalition Letter to the House and Senate Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Subcommittees regarding FY 19 funding for the Census Bureau (May 1, 2018)
Coalition Letters to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs regarding a citizenship question on the 2020 Census (April 12, 2018)
Coalition Letter to the Commerce Department opposing the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 Census (January 10, 2018)