'This undercount means we are saddled with inaccurate numbers for the next decade,' said one rights advocate. 'The consequences are serious.'
"This undercount means we are saddled with inaccurate numbers for the next decade," said one rights advocate."The consequences are serious."Latino Americans were significantly undercounted in the 2020 U.S. Census, according to an analysis released Thursday by the Census Bureau—a result which advocacy groups said was what former President Donald Trump's administration intended to happen when it attempted to change the decennial survey.The census miscounted the U.S.
"This was intentional," said Rep. Joaquin Castro , warning that"the undercount will strip Latino communities of government funding and electoral power." The Census Bureau was challenged by numerous factors in 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic delayed the survey and wildfires in the West kept census-takers fromCritics said as the bureau was preparing to take the census that Trump's push to include a question about whether household members were U.S. citizens would intimidate Latino residents out of responding—the deadline for finishing the count, leading to concerns of inaccuracies among census experts.
"Terrible demographic data has many consequences in our communities, especially in public health," said epidemiologist Jessica Malaty Rivera.
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