Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 09, 2026

Title 15 - Commerce and Foreign Trade last revised: Feb 04, 2026
§ 90.9 - Review of a request for a challenge.

The Chief, Population Division, Census Bureau, or the Chief's designee shall review the evidence provided with the request for the population estimate challenge, shall work with the governmental unit to verify the data provided by the governmental unit, and evaluate the data to resolve the issues raised by the governmental unit. Thereafter, the Census Bureau shall respond in writing with a decision to accept or deny the challenge. In the event the Census Bureau finds that the population estimate should be updated, it will also post the revised estimate on the Census Bureau's website (www.census.gov).

[91 FR 2855, Jan. 23, 2026]
authority: 13 U.S.C. 4 and 181
source: 88 FR 17705, Mar. 24, 2023, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 15 CFR 90.9