"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/
“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/