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Making Murder Count (Op-Ed)

Date: July 15, 2011

Author: Prof. Mark J. Vanlandingham Ph.D., MPH

QUOTE: cities pay a lot of attention to the Census Bureau’s annual population estimates, which take place between the decennial censuses. And when these come in lower than expected, many will fight hard to revise them upward...But, because the process is so politicized, it often results in significant overestimates.

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• Mayor C. Ray Nagin Jr.

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• Census Bureau
• New York Times Company

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• Government & Politics / History
  • Government (General)
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• North America
  • United States of America/USA
    • Louisiana
      • New Orleans

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