ORLANDO, Fla. – There were some genuine surprises in the the first batch of data from the nation's 2020 head count released this week by the U.S.
Census Bureau. Officials in some Sun Belt states were bewildered they did not gain more congressional seats from the apportionment numbers used for divvying up congressional seats among the states.
Officials in states like Alabama, Minnesota and Rhode Island were relieved they did not lose seats they had been expecting to forgo, with some eking out a save by the slimmest of margins.
But the 2020 census is far from over. Here's what to expect over the next several months. WHAT'S NEXT? To quote The Carpenters' 1970s song, “We've Only Just Begun." The 2020 census data released this week — state