Coronavirus could exacerbate the US census’ undercount of people of color

A recent Quartz examination of 2010 Census self-response rates and confirmed COVID-19 cases in each county shows that some areas with historically lower self-response rates have also been greatly impacted by the pandemic. These counties also tend to have large shares of people of color, adding to concerns that the coronavirus will exacerbate the 2020 US Census undercount of communities of color. #covid-19