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Chicago Region is at risk for a Census undercount

Communities of color have lower 2020 Census response rates than majority-white communities.

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In northeastern Illinois, communities of color are participating in the 2020 census at much lower rates than are communities with mostly white residents. In a new policy brief from the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning, learn how an undercount would lead to billions of lost federal dollars for the region and its communities and what you can do. http://cmap.is/census-undercount

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