U.S. Census undercounted Latinos, Black people and Native Americans

[AZProgressive]

March 10 (Reuters) - Black people, Latinos and Native Americans were undercounted during the 2020 national census, new U.S. Census Bureau data showed, potentially affecting political representation and federal funding for communities with significant minority populations.

The once-a-decade national population count is used to draw both U.S. congressional and state legislative seats in each state, as well as to help distribute hundreds of billions of dollars in federal funds for everything from public housing to Medicare to highway construction.

Thursday's report from the Census Bureau relied on statistical analyses to test the accuracy of the census results. The census has overcounted white people while undercounting people of color for decades, but those trends accelerated during the 2020 census, the report showed.

The net count of the Latino population was likely 5% too low, more than three times the undercount estimated for the 2010 census, the bureau said. Black people had a net undercount of more than 3%, while Native Americans and Native Alaskans on reservations were undercounted by more than 5%, both more than in 2010.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-census-undercounted-black-people-latinos-native-americans-officials-say-2022-03-10/?taid=622a88d401e5e100017698d3&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter

[Skittles]

1. how conveeeeeeeeeeeeenient

yup

[jimfields33]

10. Doesn't everyone get the form to fill out?

I know I did. Did we really only send it to certain populations?

[Skittles]

11. read the article

not EVEN gonna bother

[jimfields33]

12. Interesting

[Achilleaze]

2. The Republicans couldn't possibly have done this intentionally

I mean, that would be rotten to the core. Um, wait a minute, that is their M.O., righto?

[Spider Jerusalem]

3. intentional, I'm sure (n/t)

[appalachiablue]

4. Surprise, no!

[BlueJac]

5. Trumpism, what a total crook!

[Thunderbeast]

6. Quell Supris!

[BlueIdaho]

7. The 2020 Census as it stands should be rejected as criminally flawed

A new census should replace it asap.

[uponit7771]

13. +1,

[Brainfodder]

8. The irony of the count being known as off just cracks me up, every time?

[Mr.Bill]

9. I know the census is required by the Constitution,

but if we already know the real numbers, we need to rethink how we do the census or if we need one at all. We are spending a lot of money to come up with incorrect numbers.

[Takket]

14. Shouldn't be a surprise. They were doing this openly.

[UTUSN]

15. K&R