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WASHINGTON— Population growth is nothing new in booming Arizona, but that growth usually comes with moving trucks.
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WASHINGTON— Population growth is nothing new in booming Arizona, but that growth usually comes with moving trucks.
Five Arizona cities managed to add 10,000 residents in the past year, without a moving truck in sight: They successfully challenged the Census Bureau's count in 2020 of residents in group living quarters such as dorms, prisons, group homes and more.
The financial stakes are high if Detroit loses its challenge to the decennial census, officials say.
Between 1990 and 2010, the U.S. Census incorrectly counted prisoners at the Butner federal prison complex, assigning some to the wrong county. The mistaken count affected millions in federal spending, plus the size and shape of local voting districts