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| Last Edited | ArmyDem Mar 20, 2009 01:40pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Washington Post |
| News Date | Friday, March 20, 2009 07:40:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | By Steve Vogel
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, March 20, 2009; Page A17
The faltering U.S. economy is causing concern about the ability of the 2010 census to get a full and accurate count of the U.S. population, according to Census Bureau officials and experts.
The increase in home foreclosures and the rising jobless rate mean more Americans are moving out of their homes and into shelters or other locations where they may be harder for census workers to find.
"The economy really has all kinds of implications for the census," said Frank A. Vitrano, a division chief at the bureau who oversees planning and coordination for the 2010 count. "Every day we're learning new things."
As an example, Vitrano cited reports about growing numbers of people living in cars or in tent cities in California and other places.
"We've got to build that into our operations," Vitrano said, speaking Wednesday at a Brookings Institution forum on the 2010 census. |
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