NPR reports that the economic downturn adds woes to an already-woeful Census...
In a nutshell: 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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Wednesday, March 25, 2009
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