thebruns

thebruns t1_jefo86j wrote

> proven so inaccurate by the 2020 Census.

Actually, it turns out the 2020 Census was not very accurate.

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/06/08/key-facts-about-the-quality-of-the-2020-census/

Which shouldnt be a surprise. Census Day was April 1, 2020, at the height of pandemic panic. On top of that, the Trump admin underfunded outreach.

>the 2020 census overcounted household populations in eight states while undercounting household populations in six others. The states with overcounts were Delaware, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island and Utah. Those with undercounts were Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas.

>By contrast, in the 2010 census, the Census Bureau estimated that no states had overcounts or undercounts.

Per the same article, the Census simply made up 10.85 million people because they assuemd they were doing a bad job reaching people due to the pandemic

Edit: lol imagine downvoting facts directly from the Census

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