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December 13, 2019
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Detroit tops list of hard-to-count cities ahead of census By COREY WILLIAMS, MIKE SCHNEIDER and ANGELIKI KASTANIS Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — When the U.S. Census Bureau starts counting people next year in Detroit, obstacles are bound to arise: The city has tens of thousands of vacant houses, sparse internet access and high poverty — factors that will make it the toughest community to tally. Other Rust Belt towns that have lost population and cities in the Sun Belt with large numbers of immigrants and transplants will pose similar challenges in the coast-tocoast headcount, an Associated Press analysis of government data found. Continued on Page 2
This Dec. 5, 2019, photo shows the Detroit skyline. An Associated Press analysis finds that Detroit tops the list of cities that will be hardest to count in the 2020 census. Associated Press