![]() ![]() “It’s no surprise that many of these special populations were miscounted due to the untimely and completely unanticipated emergence of a global pandemic that just happened to perfectly coincide with the 2020 count,” said Susan Strate, senior program manager at the UMass Donahue Institute, which assisted Boston in its challenge.ĭetroit filed two challenges. The Census Bureau approved the submission from Boston, which had 675,647 residents in the 2020 census, of which the city claimed 41,776 were students living in student housing. Officials in Boston, a hub of higher education, believed the 2020 census missed more than 6,000 students living in university housing and 419 inmates at local jails. “This outcome is incredibly disappointing and disheartening,” Mayor Kirk Watson said in a letter to the bureau.Ĭity officials plan to meet with Census Bureau officials in the near future to get a more detailed explanation of how bureau officials reached their decision. The Census Bureau, however, added only a single housing unit, and provided little information on its methodology, officials in Texas’ capital said. ![]() With an average Austin household size of almost 2.4 people in 2020, that could mean more than 17,500 residents overlooked. city with 964,000 residents, claimed that 7,329 housing units were missed. ![]() Here’s where the challenges stand for Austin, Boston, Detroit, Memphis, Milwaukee and Phoenix.Īustin, determined to be the 11th most populous U.S. State, tribal and local governments have until the end of June to file challenges, and any changes will be reflected in future population estimates that are calculated each year between censuses. But new numbers could shape how the federal government distributes $1.5 trillion for transportation, health programs and other funding, which is most pertinent for cities. The challenges won’t affect how many congressional seats each state got during the apportionment process, or the more detailed numbers used for redrawing political boundaries. The Census Bureau has received more than 100 submissions in total for its two challenge programs from cities, towns and villages of all sizes across the U.S. ![]()
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