My Two Census

Formerly the non-partisan watchdog of the 2010 US Census, and currently an opinion blog that covers all things political, media, foreign policy, globalization, and culture…but sometimes returning to its census/demographics roots.

New York has more people than ever…but many are not being counted

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Though the New York Times reported that New York now has 8.4 million people according to 2009 Census Bureau estimates, MyTwoCensus is hoping that Sam Roberts and his colleagues at the Times will be able to investigate the likely undercount of New York City stemming from the fact that 2010 Census enumerators are finding themselves unable to access buildings because of doormen and other security restrictions. This is a problem that has been reported to MyTwoCensus.com on many occasions. And it doesn’t seem to be getting fixed any time soon. Will NRFU operations end before this problem is solved? Will Census Bureau officials resort to the illegal/unconstitutional practice of guesstimating how many people live in each building and then make up false information about the ages and races of the occupants?

If you have answers, don’t hesitate to let us know!

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This entry was posted on June 24th, 2010 at 4:28 am by .
It is filed under Accountability, Census Bureau.

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2 Responses to “New York has more people than ever…but many are not being counted”

  1. avatar anonymous Says:
    June 26th, 2010 at 8:29 pm

    I have respondents tell me: “I hope the count is accurate”.

  2. avatar My Two Census » Blog Archive » Undercounting in western Texas Says:
    July 6th, 2010 at 11:12 pm

    [...] have been worries about undercounting in New York, and it seems to have reached a county in western Texas. Brewster County officials claim that the [...]