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Tom Carper: “I think 2000 Census shorted the Pennsylvania population by about 100,000 people, and of those, almost 20,000 lived right…”

On the recordMay 10, 2009
I think 2000 Census shorted the Pennsylvania population by about 100,000 people, and of those, almost 20,000 lived right here in Philadelphia.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware
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congress.gov

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the significant undercount in the 2000 Census for Pennsylvania and Philadelphia.

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