Undocumented individuals and families, always difficult to count, will be much harder to persuade to respond for Census 2020 as new Trump order seeks to identify undocumented immigrants.
Bisma Parvez
Rush is on to count Detroit as Census 2020 deadline is shortened
The Census 2020 deadline comes a month early. The new Sept. 30 date will leave Detroit at a ‘disadvantage’ and likely keep the city undercounted and underfunded. Experts expect the state to lose a congressional seat too and census organizers are left rushing.
Detroiters who fled to burbs during pandemic are hardest for Census to count
Downtown, Midtown and Corktown neighborhoods — filled with residents who have homes, parents or friends in the suburbs — have the lowest Census responses in Detroit.
Detroit census campaign aims to knock on 200,000 doors
To increase the Census 2020 response rate, the city and teams of community groups partner to knock on doors, canvass Detroit neighborhoods and engage residents on just how crucial it is to be counted
Just 48% of Detroiters have responded to the Census. Here’s why it’s a problem.
It takes 10 minutes to make a difference but fewer than half of Detroiters have been counted in the 2020 Census effort. Millions of dollars in federal aid and a congressional seat are at stake.