Census Count to End a Month Early Stoking Fears of an Undercount

Published: Aug. 5, 2020, 10 a.m.

b'The Census Bureau is ending its population count a month early, though nearly 40 percent of the country has yet to fill out the forms. Census Bureau director Steven Dillingham announced yesterday that all counting efforts will wrap up by Sept. 30, cutting short a four-month extension during the pandemic. We\\u2019ll talk about what ending the count early could mean for California\\u2019s historically undercounted communities and the redrawing of political districts.'