The entrance to the U.S. Census Bureau’s office in Tucson./Jeff Landers/AZPM Staff
By Andrew Oxford | Arizona Public Media
Pinal County officials are considering a formal challenge to the results of the 2020 census, which tallied far fewer people in the county than expected.
The county has seen a boom in new housing in recent years and County Attorney Kent Volkmer told the Board of Supervisors on Wednesday that local officials anticipated last year’s census would show the county had a population between 465,000 and 490,000.
Instead, the census said the county had a population of about 425,000.
“They are showing again what was considered minimal growth when we were expecting exponential growth,” he told the board.
The tally for Pinal County is an increase of about 50,000 from a decade earlier.
And in a statement, the U.S. Census Bureau said the results from 2020 so far are in line with overall benchmarks.
But Volkmer suspects the census undercounted local residents with lower incomes and residents who do not speak English.
County’s population was smaller than expected, officials say
By Andrew Oxford | Arizona Public Media
Pinal County officials are considering a formal challenge to the results of the 2020 census, which tallied far fewer people in the county than expected.
The county has seen a boom in new housing in recent years and County Attorney Kent Volkmer told the Board of Supervisors on Wednesday that local officials anticipated last year’s census would show the county had a population between 465,000 and 490,000.
Instead, the census said the county had a population of about 425,000.
“They are showing again what was considered minimal growth when we were expecting exponential growth,” he told the board.
The tally for Pinal County is an increase of about 50,000 from a decade earlier.
And in a statement, the U.S. Census Bureau said the results from 2020 so far are in line with overall benchmarks.
But Volkmer suspects the census undercounted local residents with lower incomes and residents who do not speak English.
