Infographic headed Public Comments, docket USBC-2026-0628, Sep 15 to Nov 1, 2026. 118,313 comments published, with 143,238 submitted: 104,870 oppose, 12,906 support, 537 neither. A gauge reads 89% oppose. A single word cloud colors opposing words orange and supporting words blue, led on the opposing side by withdraw, december, undercount, health and undercounted, and on the supporting side by citizen, algorithm, seat, legal and illegal. Topic bars: Part 60 excludes undocumented immigrants and non-citizens, 89%; apportionment and redistricting effects, 82%; Part 70 removes race and ethnicity questions, 75%; constitutional and case law concerns, 63%; restrictions on sexual orientation and gender identity data, 46%; data quality, undercount and cost, 42%. A comments-by-state grid shows that 72,356 of the 118,313 published comments name a state, led by California with about 9,700, New York with about 5,300 and Pennsylvania and Florida with about 3,500 each; Puerto Rico shows 80. A comments-per-day bar chart climbs across the period and peaks at 10,487 in a single day.

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