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Speakers recall 2020 corrections, warn some pandemic‑era gaps may persist until 2030
Summary
Witnesses described post‑2020 corrections (including an accepted addition of roughly 6,000 Boston students via a post‑census group‑quarters review) and warned that pandemic‑era population shifts and reduced field offices during 2020 likely left unresolved local undercounts that the LUCA and 2030 operations must address.
State and UMass Donahue Institute witnesses at the Sept. 22 hearing reviewed corrective steps taken after the 2020 Census and emphasized remaining risks. UMass Donahue Institute program manager Susan Strait said state and local demographers successfully used a post‑census Group Quarters Review to add about 6,000 students to Boston's official population for post‑census annual estimates, although that change did not affect the apportionment decision released on the 2020 timeline. "We submitted for…
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