As 2020 Census Deadline Approaches, Black And Brown Communities Face Undercounting

By Steve Bynum
Census Illinois
FILE - In this May 1, 2006 file photo, participants in an immigration rights rally walk under a giant American flag during a march through downtown Chicago. Figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011, show that while Illinois' populations of both whites and blacks decreased, the population of people who identified themselves as Hispanic grew at a sharp 32.5 percent rate. M. Spencer Green, File / AP Photo
Census Illinois
FILE - In this May 1, 2006 file photo, participants in an immigration rights rally walk under a giant American flag during a march through downtown Chicago. Figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011, show that while Illinois' populations of both whites and blacks decreased, the population of people who identified themselves as Hispanic grew at a sharp 32.5 percent rate. M. Spencer Green, File / AP Photo

As 2020 Census Deadline Approaches, Black And Brown Communities Face Undercounting

By Steve Bynum
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Reset takes looks at the 2020 census deadline and talks with community organizations working to reach Black and brown communities, which have historically been undercounted.

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Ignacio Medina, leader of census outreach at Erie Neighborhood House

Michael Holmes, census project director for Community Assistance Programs