2019

The U.S. Constitution requires the government to count every adult and child, citizens and noncitizens. The census count not only determines how many seats each state will have in the U.S. House of Representatives but also affects how and where federal, state, and local governments allocate funds for education, social services, infrastructure, and more. Thus, the U.S. Census Bureau conducts a count of all the people living in the country every ten years.

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Despite its vital importance, the 2020 Census was at risk. These risks included efforts to add a citizenship question to the census, insufficient funding for the Census Bureau’s basic operations, delayed and inadequate preparation for 2020, and potential politicization of the count.

I imagine the trump administration's ideal Census questionnaire would look something like this.