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> Is there any evidence of how accurately the US census actually does that job? Yes. The Census uses a post-enumeration survey for this purpose. They found evi
by Aloisius 2y ago
> Is there any evidence of how accurately the US census actually does that job?
Yes. The Census uses a post-enumeration survey for this purpose. They found evidence of significant under- or over-counting in 14 states for the 2020 census.
That was considerably worse than the 2010 census, though covid might be partly to blame. Still, afaik, there wasn't anywhere near the rural undercount described in the article.
https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2022/05/2020-census-undercount-overcount-rates-by-state.html https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2022/05/2020-census-u...