U.S. Census Tidbits

There are a lot of news articles covering the U.S. Census, particularly in how residents will be counted.  The counting of every single resident in the entire United States is mandated every ten years by the Constitution.  MSNBC has an interesting article on the tiniest of towns and how, even in those small burgs, miscounting is common.  The U.S. Census claims there are four incorporated one-person towns but three of those towns, when contacted by the Associated Press, claimed to have more than just one resident.  The fourth town couldn’t be verified.  While the U.S. does count military personnel stationed in foreign countries, the Census Bureau denied a bid by Utah to have Mormon missionaries counted who are currently overseas on missions.  This month, the Census Bureau is sending out more than 130 million forms to residents.