89 more New Yorkers would have saved congressional seat, census official says

Published April 26, 2021 9:12pm ET



New York state would not have lost a seat in Congress if it had counted 89 more people, a Census Bureau official said on Monday.

The statistic was revealed during an announcement on which states would gain or lose congressional seats in the next election based on the 2020 census count.

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