US census produced huge undercount of Latino population in 2020

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Census also undercounted Black and Native American residents, while overcounting non-Hispanic white people and Asian Americans

Census also undercounted Black and Native Americans, while overcounting non-Hispanic white people and Asian Americans

According to the report, Latinos had a net undercount of nearly 5%. The Black population had a net undercount of 3.3%, a slight increase from a 2.1% shortfall a decade ago. American Indian and Alaska Natives living on reservations had a net undercount of 5.6%, up from 4.9% in the last census. Overall, the 2020 census overlooked 0.24% of the total US population. In 2010, the census missed 0.01% of the national population.on Thursday, the Census Bureau director, Robert Santos, said numerous factors played a role in the undercount of the Latino community, including the pandemic and increased joblessness and housing insecurity.

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