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On Tuesday, the city of Boston joined the ranks of other major cities challenging the 2020 Census numbers, the 1-in-a-decade U.S. population that determines political power and federal funding. Born and claimed to have escaped correctional facility inmates.
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said the city of Boston has determined that the U.S. Census Bureau will continue to monitor the number of people living in dormitories, prisons, nursing homes, and other groups of unrelated people living together. It said it challenges the census results through a special program it has set up for controversy.
Those who live in collective housing are the hardest to count during the tally of U.S. residents that determines how many seats in Congress each state wins and how the $1.5 billion in federal spending is distributed each year. was one of the population. The pandemic began as students on campus were sent home when the pandemic began in the United States in March 2020, and prisons and nursing homes were put on lockdown against the spread of the coronavirus, prompting the Census Bureau to take action against such residents. interfered with the ability to obtain information about
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Boston is home to Northeastern University, Boston University, Emerson College, and Suffolk University. It is also home to off-campus students from other schools within the metro-he area, including Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Tufts University, and Boston College.
Boston officials believe the Census is missing 6,000 students and 500 inmates at two correctional facilities.
“Boston deserves an accurate census across all neighborhoods and communities,” Wu said in a statement. “This number is the basis for assessing the needs of all communities, ensuring that Boston receives vital federal resources, and should reflect our full numbers.”
Boston is the largest U.S. city to contest census results, after Austin, Detroit and Memphis. Dozens of smaller cities, towns and villages have also filed complaints.
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It cannot change how seats in Congress are divided between states, nor can it change the data used to redraw electoral districts. may be used in research to aid in future population estimates and distribution of federal resources.