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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Mike Schneider and Morgan Lee

Tribal nations face less accurate, more limited 2020 census data because of privacy methods

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During the 2020 census, Native American leaders across the U.S. invested time and resources to make sure their members were tallied during the head count, which determines political power and federal funding.

But the detailed data sets from the 2020 census they will receive this month are more limited and less accurate than they were in the previous census — and it isn't because the COVID-19 pandemic severely limited outreach efforts.

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