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A Trump push to cut 'statistical noise' could mean less data from the Census Bureau

By Hansi Lo WangJune 12, 2026·Source: NPR·0 views
A new Trump administration order bans the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis from using statistical "noise," or data for fuzzing survey results, to protect people

New public data for redistricting and other uses may be reduced as Trump officials limit the ways the Census Bureau can protect people's privacy when it releases statistics.

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Originally reported by NPR. Read the original article

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