How accurate will the 2020 U.S. census be? We’ll know more soon
The coronavirus outbreak inflicted disruptions on 2020 census operations, raising questions about how accurate the decennial count will be.
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The coronavirus outbreak inflicted disruptions on 2020 census operations, raising questions about how accurate the decennial count will be.
Those who have not responded to the census so far are likely to be from groups the census previously has struggled to count accurately.
The 2020 census began in Alaska in January, and the first numbers will be published by the end of the year.
The U.S. Census Bureau is planning to ask everyone living in the United States whether they are citizens when it conducts its next decennial census in 2020.
Federal officials are considering major changes in how they ask Americans about their race and ethnicity.
The U.S. is projected to have no racial or ethnic group as its majority within the next several decades, but that day apparently is already here for the nation’s youngest children.
A snapshot of the U.S. in 2065 would show a nation that has 117 million more people than today, with no racial or ethnic majority group taking the place of today’s white majority.
Instead, the new census questionnaire may tell people to check the “categories” that describe them.
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