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Zagarna's avatar

You thought incorrectly.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Ohio/comments/1fi5hrh/fact_check_no_there_are_not_20000_haitian/

There are perhaps that many total immigrants of all nationalities in the entire county. The number of Haitians is maybe 2000 at an upper bound. It's an order of magnitude off.

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snek's avatar

Hmm

How many Haitians are living in Springfield?

There’s no official tally. Mayor Rob Rue told CNN the city’s population has grown about 25% over the past three years, in part due to the arrival of Haitian immigrants.

Between 12,000 and 15,000 immigrants are living in Clark County, which includes Springfield, according to estimates on the city’s website. Of that group, an estimated 10,000-12,000 are Haitian, according to a July presentation from the county’s health commissioner, who cited data from school and social services officials.

-CNN

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Zagarna's avatar

If one source is giving me census bureau data, and the other is giving me the unsourced maunderings of a potentially self-interested city official, I know which one I'm going with.

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snek's avatar

Ah July 2023 data, so over a year ago. But of course doesn't fit ZigZag's narrative because someone is self-interested but a reddit poster is totally neutral with no other motives. Your motivated reasoning is obvious but you don't want to even pretend to admit it. Ok as you were, you ZigZagged pervert for nuance alien you.

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Lana Diesel's avatar

I think it's very unsettling that it seems impossible to know the real answer.

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Skull's avatar

China could be lying about their population on the order of hundreds of millions. Census has been a difficult problem for all of civilization

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Not Sam Harris's avatar

Data published in july 2023, collected 2020

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snek's avatar

Amazing but according to ZigZag it's the most accurate, the most representative info we have on hand. What a ... Thanks for looking through - I wasn't going to invest more time in that.

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Zagarna's avatar

Politico has already corrected their own reporting on this topic, but keep doubling down on positions they don't even defend themselves, you hero you.

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