Executive Order 13880: Collecting Information About Citizenship Status in Connection With the Decennial Census
President: Donald J. Trump
After the proposed citizenship question was dropped from the 2020 census form, EO 13880 directed agencies to share existing administrative citizenship records with Commerce for statistical purposes.
Status: Revoked — by EO 13986 on January 20, 2021.
Is Executive Order 13880 still in effect? No. EO 13986 revoked it in 2021.
What does Executive Order 13880 do?
It did not put a citizenship question on the form. EO 13986 revoked the order on January 20, 2021 and directed the Secretary of Commerce to include all usual residents in the apportionment tabulation regardless of immigration status.
Evidence review, September 23, 2026: The Federal Register index records the later relationship: Revoked by EO 13986. The linked successor text should be read for the exact scope.
Before and after
Before the order
The proposed questionnaire change had encountered litigation; the order instead sought administrative records under the Census Act and applicable privacy protections.
After the order
EO 13986 §5 expressly revoked the citizenship-data order and directed agencies to cease its implementation.
EO 13880 was a data-collection direction, not an amendment to the census questionnaire or a rule excluding residents from apportionment. EO 13986 §5 revoked it; later census policy must be assessed from later law and orders.
Who had to do what
| Agency / office | Action | Timing / position |
|---|---|---|
| Commerce and other agency heads | Identify and furnish existing citizenship records for census-related statistics subject to law | 2019–2020 |
| Later authority | EO 13986 §5 expressly revoked the citizenship-data order and directed agencies to cease its implementation. | January 20, 2021 |
What happened next
EO 13880 signed.
EO 13986 §5 expressly revoked the citizenship-data order and directed agencies to cease its implementation.
Guide checked against signed text and cited later primary evidence.
Legal and source detail
How it works legally
EO 13880 was a data-collection direction, not an amendment to the census questionnaire or a rule excluding residents from apportionment. EO 13986 §5 revoked it; later census policy must be assessed from later law and orders.
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