The Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission sought to extend a Sept. 17 deadline for redrawing political maps, noting that new U.S. Census population figures would not even be available to it until the end of September.
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Michigan Supreme Court weighs redistricting extension due to census delays
The state’s redistricting panel has said it will not have enough time to complete the maps. But some justices expressed want to let the process play out.
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First Person: Civics a tough sell on game day, and other census lessons
The author spent seven weeks canvassing neighborhoods in Detroit and Redford Township. Some residents were happy to answer the census in person. Others were less thrilled to see a man from the government at their door. Mistrust seemed to cross demographic lines.
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Michigan officials have dwindling faith in an accurate census count
Amid a pandemic and several major changes, Michigan officials say the Census 2020 count can’t be right.
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Detroiters who left for the burbs during pandemic are hardest for Census to count
Downtown, Midtown and Corktown neighborhoods — filled with residents who have homes, parents or friends in the suburbs — have the lowest Census responses in Detroit.
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Opinion | The first step to social change is easy: fill out the census
Michigan cities need to increase census response rates, or risk losing political representation that can lead to change.
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Detroit population continues to decline, according to Census estimate
The upcoming count will offer a better understanding of Detroit’s demographic changes but the state’s largest city is grappling with a low response rate for Census 2020.
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Hit hard by coronavirus, Detroit gets creative to boost census counts
Detroit had marshaled huge resources to boost census participation. Then came COVID-19. Now, as cases decline, the city is trying to play catchup because millions of dollars are at stake from an accurate count.
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Kurt Metzger | Finally, the U.S. Census is counting LGBTQ families
The U.S. Census Bureau is sometimes slow to reflect the changing nature of families, but this year’s count has made changes to better reflect the LGBTQ community.
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Citizenship question is gone. Michigan immigrants still distrust the Census
Fears persist that census data will be used to target minority populations for deportation, shaping outreach efforts and likely reducing the number of people that will respond to the census.