Cherie Ward with the Mississippi Press has an article regarding who will be included in the Census count...
A little excerpt:
As the U.S. Census Bureau prepares for a nationwide 2010 headcount, one representative said that the number would include people who aren't citizens, even illegal immigrants.
"We don't count residents, we count people and they don't have to be legal," Traycee Scott Williams said.
Williams is asking local officials for help in making sure that the tally includes everyone in Jackson County. The next census begins April 1, 2010.
"We want to count every person, one time and where they are living," she said. "We do not ask about legal status, temporary status, or anything. We're just counting everybody, where they sleep."
The census must be conducted every 10 years, as required by the Constitution.
The 2000 census recorded 18.5 million who weren't citizens, including about 7 million illegals, according to its Web site.
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