2020 US Black Population Possibly Underestimated By Millions..

[Asante]

"If the analysis holds up, that means the 2020 Census count of people who identified as Black alone could be approximately 2 million lower than it should be. The undercount could have profound implications for a wide array of services that are based on population counts, including Medicaid and Medicare, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), highway planning and construction, Section 8 housing vouchers and Head Start.

“This might be our greatest undercount since 1960, or 1950,” said Marc Morial, president and chief executive of the National Urban League, which sued the bureau last year to stop the count from ending early."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/10/13/2020-census-black-undercount/​

 

[gho3st]

That’s less than 1% difference. Makes no real difference lol

 

[I Really Mean It]

That’s less than 1% difference. Makes no real difference lol

lol

 

[gho3st]

lol

I’m talking about 13-15% black population has been inexplicably held to for the past 50+ years.

 

[Playaz Eyez]

Does that include Black Dominicans ?

 

[Asante]

If is two million then that would be around 5% actually, which is significant. Especially when we consider the growth rate for the past decade.

 

[Asante]

Does that include Black Dominicans ?

If their ancestry is "Black alone" then yes. The numbers on a site like Blackdemographics uses all people who claim Black ancestry (which I do..), so their numbers are higher. It places our population around 50 million.

 

[KamikazePilot]

We’ve been saying for years the census undercounts black people by millions this isn’t new news