Minnesota’s Response Rate May Have Saved House Seat

MinnPost: “Minnesota’s self-response rate for the 2020 Census was 75.1%, the highest in the country, while the national average for response rate was around two-thirds.”

“While the Census doesn’t rely entirely on self-reporting to tally population numbers, it’s worth nothing that if New York had counted just 89 more people, Minnesota would have lost a House seat instead. A higher response rate also helps if New York tries to sue to dispute the count.”

This was the smallest “lost seat” margin since 1940.