The United States Census Bureau, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic had initially extended the 2020 enumeration timeline from October 31, but has now shortened it to September 30, 2020, which reduces the counting period by 31 days. The extended time was initially allotted to create additional access for Enumerators but since the pandemic had closed so many scheduled outreach events, it completely reduced community gatherings and stopped most door to door data collection. This shortened deadline will not only affect the overall accuracy of the 2020 Census calculations, but it will undoubtedly impact Indigenous communities the hardest, as historically Indigenous people are drastically under counted by astronomical numbers compared with other populations in the United States.

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