Detroit sues Census Bureau, accuses feds of undercounting minorities – By Robert Snell & Sarah Rahal (The Detroit News) / Sept 20, 2022
Detroit —The city of Detroit filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against the U.S. Census Bureau and Commerce Department, accusing officials of undercounting residents, particularly Black and Hispanic citizens.
The lawsuit is the latest attempt to challenge Census results that are used to draw congressional districts, determine how many state and federal representatives a given community has and how to allocate funding to different states and localities.
City officials argue Detroit has gained population and that federal officials have refused to correct a racially-biased undercount.
“The bureau’s failure to consider evidence of its inaccurate 2021 estimate costs the city and its residents millions of dollars of funding to which they are entitled while threatening the city’s historic turnaround by advancing the false narrative that Detroit is losing population,” the lawsuit reads.
