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Census undercounts are normal, but demographers worry this year could be worse

  • Written by Rebecca Tippett, Director of Carolina Demography, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Census Campaign executive director Victoria Kovari looks over a Detroit map showing city neighborhoods that were undercounted in the 2010 census.AP Photo/Corey Williams

Editor’s note: Researchers have long known that certain groups are vulnerable to being undercounted in the decennial census. But the 2020 census has raised a new set of...

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