2020 Census: Who gets Counted in the Prison Population?

Blog post by Rosie Liu
March 11, 2022

Data Driven Detroit (D3)   (Detroit)

The decennial census counts individual people in their primary residence, but what happens to people who are living in group settings, such as those individuals currently in prison?  How do they get counted and included in the census? Where can you find the data? What needs to be taken into consideration when using the data?