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Originally Posted by Ant131531
I really do wonder where the miss is coming from in terms of demographics. The overcount of states like Texas, Arizona, and Florida don't suggest Latinos were undercounted. Is it possible the annual estimates underestimated non-hispanic white growth in the country? It would be strange though because white people are the most likely to reply to the census therefore you would get the most accurate data.
I can't wait until we can dive deeper into all the data later this year, but this release of data alone has been enlightening.
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Births and deaths are very, very straight forward compared to domestic migration. There's going to be almost no missed births or deaths in an average year, statistically speaking.
It is entirely possible that a substantial number of the 2 million "new" people were undercounts from 2010 though. It would be funny if Trump attempted to sabotage the Census and it backfired spectacularly, causing millions of people to come in from the shadows instead.