This open access book describes the differences in US census coverage also referred to as
differential undercount by showing which groups have the highest net undercounts and which
groups have the greatest undercount differentials and discusses why such undercounts occur. In
addition to focusing on measuring census coverage for several demographic characteristics
including age gender race Hispanic origin status and tenure it also considers several of
the main hard-to-count populations such as immigrants the homeless the LBGT community
children in foster care and the disabled. However given the dearth of accurate undercount
data for these groups they are covered less comprehensively than those demographic groups for
which there is reliable undercount data from the Census Bureau. This book is of interest to
demographers statisticians survey methodologists and all those interested in census
coverage.
