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Hi all.
Here's something I thought would make an interesting topic:
What major city in the US probably has the biggest difference in its census population and its probable population. it could be because of illegal immigrants or that people are just very lazy. if u could say what the population difference probably is, please do.
I have heard that Houston could be doubled in population. but i would assume LA and San Diego could too.
they call came in MUCH less than city officials, states and the census themselves had calculated. They're cities where the situation on the ground just doesn't match up with how many people stepped forward to be counted.
they call came in MUCH less than city officials, states and the census themselves had calculated. They're cities where the situation on the ground just doesn't match up with how many people stepped forward to be counted.
This thread is stupid. Every city in the US is in this situation. NY and LA easily could have hundreds of thousands of people that were not counted.
There is a constant cry from many city residents that their cities were under counted. All you have to base that on is estimates, which themselves were based on the previous census, which I imagine they'd have though was wrong at that time, but has somehow been assumed right as time's gone by. I suspect that in a few years, the estimates based on this census will be seen in a similar light.
There is a constant cry from many city residents that their cities were under counted. All you have to base that on is estimates, which themselves were based on the previous census, which I imagine they'd have though was wrong at that time, but has somehow been assumed right as time's gone by. I suspect that in a few years, the estimates based on this census will be seen in a similar light.
That's fine but in the meantime, these cities have to provided services for thousands of undercounted people without any federal funding--which is a royal pain to say the least.
And for cities, that's what the census is for the for the most part-to determine how much federal funds to allocate to local municipalities.
This is not the only instance where the federal government essentially shrieks its responsibility and turns a blind eye to the problems their inaction or incorrect data collecting causes.
The issue of illegal immigration is a MAJOR problem for states, counties and cities specifically because its a FEDERAL ISSUE but they are NOT enforcing their own laws. Meanwhile a state like CA has to pay for health care and education for 3-5 Million estimated illegals who are not counted in the census.
There is a constant cry from many city residents that their cities were under counted. All you have to base that on is estimates, which themselves were based on the previous census, which I imagine they'd have though was wrong at that time, but has somehow been assumed right as time's gone by. I suspect that in a few years, the estimates based on this census will be seen in a similar light.
There is probably a lot of truth to this; I think this also is more evidensed in cities with changing demographics that create differances in the number of people per houshould/family size. Some of the cities that were projected higher are likely experiencing this relative to the census counts and this phenomenon is not new.
Though the census likely undercounts most places and some more than others especially where there is more potential of undercounted illegals they may have a greater fear of being counted.
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