Communities would count incarcerated residents at their home addresses for census and drawing congressional districts.
This bill would change how the U.S. Census counts people in prison. Instead of counting them where the prison is located, they would be counted at their last home address before incarceration. This would affect how congressional districts are drawn, starting with the 2030 census.
Currently, the U.S. Census counts incarcerated individuals as residents of the prison or jail where they are held. If this bill becomes law, starting with the 2030 census, these individuals would be counted as residents of their last home address before incarceration. States would then be required to use these home addresses when drawing congressional district lines.
HR 7375 · 119th Congress · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 10/10
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