Most ‘hard-to-count’ counties in U.S. census are in rural areas

The bulk of “hard-to-count” counties for the upcoming 2020 census — 251 out of the total of 316 counties that qualify — are in rural America, according to a briefing paper from the Carsey School of Public Policy in New Hampshire. The result could be an undercount of poor rural residents and of minority groups… » Read More