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When officials in Chester, Georgia, heard that the 2020 census had pegged their small town at 525 people, their jaws dropped. They believed the town was almost triple that size and feared an inaccurate number could force them to make budget cuts.

White County officials were stunned when the 2020 census said the county had 28,003 residents. Now they're among three Georgia communities challenging the Census count.

Three small towns in Georgia are among the first to appeal their 2020 census counts, in which, they say, as many as two-thirds of their residents disappeared. Other cities, like Boston and Detroit, say they’re going to challenge the census numbers as well.

When officials in Chester, Georgia, heard that the 2020 census had pegged their small town at 525 people, their jaws dropped; they believed the town was almost triple that size. Chester and two other small municipalities in Georgia are the first communities in the U.S. to challenge the accuracy of their numbers from the once-a-decade head count that determines political representation and federal funding.

When officials in Chester, Georgia, heard that the 2020 census had pegged their small town at 525 people, their jaws dropped. They believed the town was almost triple that size and feared an inaccurate number could force them to make budget cuts.

When officials in Chester, Ga., heard that the 2020 census had pegged their small town at 525 people, their jaws dropped. They believed the town was almost triple that size and feared an inaccurate number could force them to make budget cuts.

Chester and two other small, rural municipalities in Georgia are the first communities in the U.S. to challenge the accuracy of their numbers from the 2020 census.

When officials in Chester, Georgia, heard that the 2020 census had pegged their small town at 525 people, their jaws dropped. They believed the town was almost triple that size

When officials in Chester, Georgia, heard that the 2020 census had pegged their small...

When officials in Chester, Georgia, heard that the 2020 census had pegged their small...