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Abstract:
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A constitutional mandate, the 2020 Census is now in its final preparations. As is often the case, political controversy accompanies the census, this year focusing once again on who is counted and the implications of an undercount. Since the 1790 Census, which was used principally to apportion the House of Representatives, census data have become vital not only to representation, but also to geographic distribution of social and economic goods and to understanding inequality. Among other disciplines, marketing, public health, K-12 education, and urban planning rely on census data. The census can be subverted both actively and passively, with a decade of bad consequences as a result.
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