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The census undercount: who is missed, and what it costs their neighborhood

The 2020 census missed Black, Latino, and Native American residents at the highest rates in decades while overcounting white residents, and the bill arrives as funding and seats for a decade.

Aarya Kapoor · January 17, 2026

Multi-generational family on an apartment stoop while a canvas bag carrying worker approaches