As Census Bureau Goes Over Collected Data, Georgia Researchers Hope For An Accurate Count

As the Census Bureau double-checks the data it collected this year for the 2020 count, researchers in Georgia hope that it’s as accurate as possible.

For Georgians who didn’t fill out the census or answer when a door knocker came by, the bureau fills out that information through records from the IRS or Social Security. But even those records may not tell the complete story.

“They may not be as available for when we think about low-income populations or immigrant populations,” says Amy Spring, a demographer at Georgia State University.