Did the 2020 Census Undercount the Hispanic Population? Officials from both parties say the census numbers released this week raise questions about the totals, with Democrats contending that the Hispanic population was undercounted. Workers for the nonprofit group the Concilio prepared bags of food to be distributed to families at a census outreach event last year in Dallas.Credit...Tony Gutierrez/Associated Press April 28, 2021Updated 9:34 p.m. ET By contrast, Texas didn’t invest in a census program until last September, dedicating $15 million months after the count had begun. Florida’s governor, Ron DeSantis, said in 2019 that the state would not “have a role” in aiding the count, before ultimately agreeing to an unfunded committee in January 2020. And Arizona spent less than $1.5 million on census efforts in what remains one of the fastest-growing states.