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How can the Census Bureau determine whether there is an undercount and its size? If they knew the actual size of the US population, why would they need a census?

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How can the Census Bureau determine whether there is an undercount and its size? If they knew the actual size of the US population, why would they need a census?

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A. The size of the undercount (error) is determined by comparing the census results with estimates of the population developed from demographic data.