GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Florida leaders say the state was shortchanged in the 2020 Census, and now they want it fixed.

Governor Ron DeSantis and Attorney General James Uthmeier are calling on the federal government to update the count, arguing Florida’s population was undercounted by nearly 3.5%. They said that the mistake cost the state an extra congressional seat and another vote in the Electoral College.

“Florida has been the place where people escape to,” Gov. DeSantis said during a news conference on Wednesday. “Fix this and award Florida what we are entitled to.”

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The official 2020 Census put Florida’s population at 21.5 million, up more than 7% from the decade before. But updated data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Post-Enumeration Survey sug

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