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In reply to the discussion: Texas Gains House Seats While New York Loses in Census Count [View all]BumRushDaShow
(128,969 posts)and the Bureau does report on the under/overcount - e.g., for 2010 - https://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/2010_census/cb12-95.html
Analysis articles on that 2010 issue -
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/2010-census-missed-15-million-minorities/
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/a-million-children-didnt-show-up-in-the-2010-census-how-many-will-be-missing-in-2020/
They do routinely accept "challenges" to the estimates - https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/about/challenge-program/results.html
This past year has been an absolute nightmare with respect to the census due to obvious COVID-19 reasons, nationwide lockdowns, getting enough census takers, some states recalling census-takers ahead of time, and delays in the mail thanks to the Dejoy purposeful screw-up of the mail processing system (designed to also mess up the mail-in ballots during the election).