(Image courtesy of U.S. Census Bureau)

In the midst of a global pandemic that has severely curtailed or outright shuttered much of American life, California officials are still pushing hard for a robust count of the state’s hardest to reach populations in the 2020 U.S census.

California, with a population of about 38 million, is home to roughly 11 million people who are considered “hard to count,” according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates.

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.