Since 1790. during the first census there was a significant undercount. especially among the poor and disenfranchised. and of course we have heard how African Americans were counted as only threefifths of a person. Now. here we are 200 years later. in the 1990s. and it is estimated that the census missed over 8 million people. Most of those not counted were poor people living in inner cities and rural communities. African Americans. Latinos. immigrants. and children. The City of Chicago. my city. had an undercount of about 2.4 percent. and the African American undercount in that city was between 5 and 6 percent. Obviously. we cannot afford to have a count in the year 2000 that does not include every American citizen.
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