Trump officials propose sweeping changes to the census that would reshape voting maps

A Trump census proposal would stop asking about race and exclude millions of U.S. residents from a count that the 14th Amendment says must include the "whole number of persons in each state."

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/4007x2671+0+0/resize/4007x2671!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F93%2Fb4%2F73093ad146d38a00682518bba0be%2Fap26010000688927.jpg' alt='Demonstrators holding signs saying "EVERY PERSON COUNTS" rally outside the Supreme Court in 2019 in Washington, D.C., as the justices hear arguments over the first Trump administration's failed push to ask about U.S. citizenship status on the 2020 census.'/><p>A Trump census proposal would stop asking about race and exclude millions of U.S. residents from a count that the 14th Amendment says must include the "whole number of persons in each state."</p><p>(Image credit: J. Scott Applewhite)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5845147' />