Make Black Count
A National Urban League Census Initiative
Looking Ahead to 2030
The American Community Survey (ACS):
Providing Data for Diverse Black Communities
The ACS, a continuous and nationwide survey, provides timely annual social, economic, housing, and demographic data is essential to meet the needs of the diverse Black community.
Lessons from the 2020 Census
Historically, Black people have been undercounted in the census. Over the past 60 years, census accuracy has steadily improved, but some groups still experience higher undercounts and omissions from the census than others. These include racial and ethnic minority groups, immigrants, single-parent households, renters, mobile young adults, people displaced by natural disasters, and the formerly incarcerated.
Find out more in: Looking Ahead to 2030: Lessons from the 2020 Census.
Over the past three months of 2020 Census operations, the National Urban League has observed low response rates across heavily populated Black localities – both urban and rural. We recognize that COVID-19 has disrupted Census operations off and on, for the entire nation, but a full, fair 2020 Census count is imperative as we rebuild our communities after the pandemic.
The State of the 2020 Census report is to “sound the alarm” about the current status of the Black census count.
Census Black Roundtable
The Census Black Roundtable was commenced in advance of the 2020 Census. The Census Black Roundtable is co-convened by National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial and The National Coalition on Black Civic Participation President and CEO and Convener of the Black Women’s Roundtable Intergenerational Public Policy Network Melanie L Campbell. The Census Black Roundtable provides space and resources for leaders to get ahead of the many obstacles that threaten an accurate count of Black people.
