Since 1790. during the first census. there was a significant undercount. especially among the poor and disenfranchised. Two hundred years later. in 1990. it is estimated that the census missed 10 percent of the population or 26 million people. Most of those who were not counted were poor people living in cities and rural communities throughout America. African Americans. Latinos. immigrants and children. The City of Chicagos undercount was about 2.4 percent and the African American undercount was about 5.6 percent. We can ill afford to have a count in the year 2000 that does not include every American citizen.
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