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In this, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020 photo, Vincent Keeys, standing, president of the NAACP in Collier County, talks to a group of nonprofit leaders and government agencies about the Census undercount in 2010, in Immokalee, Fla. "In 2010, we had a lot of money on the table that was just lost and didn't come to the community. It is so critically important," said Keeys. Small, poor and largely Latino communities around the U.S. historically have been undercounted, an analysis by The Associated Press shows, posing challenges for Census workers in a tally that's supposed to ensure federal dollars get to communities needing them most. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

In this, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020 photo, Vincent Keeys, standing, president of the NAACP in Collier County, talks to a group of nonprofit leaders and government agencies about the Census undercount in 2010, in Immokalee, Fla. "In 2010, we had a lot of money on the table that was just lost and didn't come to the community. It is so critically important," said Keeys. Small, poor and largely Latino communities around the U.S. historically have been undercounted, an an…

March 16, 2020

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US census faces challenges counting small, poor Latino towns
March 16, 2020 3:41 p.m.

US census faces challenges counting small, poor Latino towns

GUADALUPE, Ariz. (AP) — The two white-washed, mission-style churches and old, wooden homes in this town of mostly Latinos and Native Americans seem misplaced near luxury apartments in Phoenix and a suburb surrounding it.