Detroit is largest city to challenge 2020 census numbers – By Mike Schneider and Corey Williams (Associated Press) / April 4, 2022
Detroit – Majority-Black Detroit has become the largest U.S. city to challenge its figures from the 2020 census following a national head count in which the U.S. Census Bureau acknowledges that a higher percentage of African Americans were undercounted than last decade, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Leaders of Michigan’s largest city, which is more than three-quarters Black, had questioned the results of the 2020 census since last December when they released a report suggesting that more than 8% of the occupied homes in 10 Detroit neighborhoods may have been undercounted.
Detroit filed its challenge late last week, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. City officials didn’t immediately offer comment or provide documentation on their appeal.
