U.S. Census undercounted Black people, Latinos, Native Americans, officials say [View all]
Source: Reuters
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.
For decades, the census has overcounted white people while undercounting people of color, but those trends accelerated during the 2020 census, the report showed.
The census count of the Latino population was likely 5% too low, more than three times the undercount estimated for the 2010 census, the bureau said. More than 3% of Black people were not included, while Native Americans and Native Alaskans on reservations were undercounted by more than 5%, both worse than in 2010.
Non-Hispanic white people and Asians were overcounted, the bureau said.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-census-undercounted-black-people-latinos-native-americans-officials-say-2022-03-10/
California should get more Reps.
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