Lagging census response could cost Montana a second House seat

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1. What a fiasco

If the current 61% response rate stands - and without an enumeration campaign (like after every census) - this census will count around 200 million people.

When the accurate figure should be around 325 million.

Predictably, response rates tend to be higher in the blue states - with one big exception: New York.

It's likely that the severity of the Covid crisis there this spring led to their 56% response rate (thus far).

If that holds, New York may lose another 2 seats - on top of the 2 seats it'll likely lose due to slow-growing population. That would leave them 23 seats.

Thanks for posting this.