Fears of undercounting in census spurs states to double-check Census databases - Entrepreneur Generations

"Amid fears that a lack of money will prevent an accurate count, states are gearing up to identify the people the 2020 U.S. Census is most likely to miss," Tim Henderson reports for Stateline, the nonpartisan, nonprofit news service of the Pew Charitable Trusts. "The current task for state and local officials is to verify the Census Bureau’s residential address list: Starting in February, the bureau will turn over address lists to states and local governments for double-checking that must be finished within 120 days." That can help correct errors in the bureau's information databases.

States have good reason to make sure every citizen is counted, since $590 billion in federal funding and apportionment of Congressional seats depends on census data. People in rural areas, immigrants, minorities, migrant workers, and people who don't trust the government are among the most likely to be undercounted, especially because of the Bureau's new system that will rely heavily on using the internet.

from The Rural Blog http://ift.tt/2CUAq84 Fears of undercounting in census spurs states to double-check Census databases - Entrepreneur Generations

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