News Brief
The U.S. Census Bureau released more data from the 2020 U.S. Census today, including diversity numbers. There were large increases to many non-white races and ethnicities, which they attribute to simply asking better questions.
The agency says there was a 276% increase in people reporting that they were multiracial, up to nearly 34 million people.
However, some are still concerned that a proposed citizenship question and pandemic-related challenges still led to an undercount of certain populations.
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