From A March 25, 2009 piece from the NPR show Morning Edition about the challenges of getting a complete count in the 2010 census with a down economy.
A March 25, 2009 piece from the NPR show Morning Edition about the challenges of getting a complete count in the 2010 census with a down economy.
A year from now, the U.S. will conduct its decennial population count. The findings are used to re-apportion congressional districts, disburse federal funding — even decide where new traffic lights go. But the economic crisis threatens to make this daunting task even harder. There is special concern about minority groups, which are traditionally hard to count.
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