LAKE WORTH, Fla.—Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced his support for an update to the 2020 Decennial Census, which could potentially yield additional congressional seats for Florida. Governor DeSantis was joined by Attorney General Uthmeier, who has been a leading voice in the fight for a corrected census and proper reapportionment to ensure that Floridians have the representation they deserve in Congress.
“Even the Biden administration acknowledged that Florida got shortchanged in the reapportionment stemming from the last census,” said Governor Ron DeSantis. “My office is working with Attorney General Uthmeier in our mission to secure Floridians’ due representation in Congress and to fix mistakes that have been identified in the aftermath of the 2020 Census.”
“Florida was robbed by the left’s multi-year effort to rig the 2020 Census, and Floridians didn’t get the representation they deserve in Congress,” said Attorney General James Uthmeier. “President Trump called for a new census, and I’m ready to work with Governor DeSantis to bring solutions to the president and get it done.”
Updated data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2022 Post-Enumeration Survey shows that Florida was one of the most undercounted states during the 2020 Decennial Census. Florida’s population in 2020 was undercounted by nearly 3.5% according to PES data. Additionally, Florida has gained nearly 2 million new residents since 2019, many of whom are not accounted for by the Census Bureau’s initial 2020 reports. All of these factors display how Florida is vastly underrepresented in Congress under the Census Bureau’s current apportionment.
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