After Fears of a Pandemic Undercount, Census Numbers for NYC Are Way Up
Photo: Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images When the 2020 Census count began in New York last year, the pandemic had spurred an exodus, in-person outreach was limited, and the Trump administration crunched down the survey period by a month. Everyone expected an undercount, and officials were braced for a hit to the city’s finances and Congressional presence. In the end, perhaps the Census didn’t count everyone — we’ll never know for sure — but the New York City numbers were higher than expected, and by quite a lot. The population surged by more than 600,000 over the past decade, to...