The hotly contested question — “Is this a person a citizen of the United States?” — ultimately did not end up on the 2020 census forms.
The state Supreme Court’s decision on a map may determine whether Republicans or Democrats have the edge in the midterm elections.
The time for communities with a beef about how they were counted in the 2020 census has arrived.
“Now that the five-member LRC has usable Census data, it has three months to submit its first map.”
Legal experts have warned the state’s Legislative Redistricting Commission that new maps unfairly splitting those communities up could violate federal law.
Mental health, education, poverty and other issues were tackled.
Nearly 50 million people identified with a mysterious, catchall category on the 2020 census. Researchers say that will make it harder to use the data to address racial inequities over the next decade.
Genetic ancestry tests, changes to how census responses were categorized and more children born to parents who identify with different racial groups led to a 276% jump in the multiracial population.
By NPR The Borough of State College is listed as having about 1,500 fewer residents than in 2010 in new 2020 population data the Census Bureau released last week.
