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U.S. Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham addresses state and Alaska Native leaders Friday, Jan. 17, 2020, in Anchorage, Alaska. Dillingham will travel to Toksook Bay, on an island just off Alaska's western coast, for the first count on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

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What you need to know before 2020 census starts in Alaska

by Mark Thiessen Associated Press, and Mike Schneider Associated PressJanuary 17, 2020

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The 2020 Census kicks off Tuesday in remote Alaska. U.S. Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham will be there to conduct the first count in the Bering Sea community of Toksook Bay. Dillingham planned to spend time Friday at the…

In this Nov. 5, 2019, photo, Edith Floyd works in a community garden in Detroit. Floyd understands why being counted in the 2020 census matters. “We need all the money we can get for the city and for ourselves,” Floyd said. “There’s very few people over here, and everybody counts. Everybody needs to participate.” (AP Photo/Corey Williams)

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Detroit tops list of hard-to-count cities ahead of census

by Corey Williams Associated Press, Mike Schneider Associated Press, and Angeliki Kastanis Associated PressDecember 12, 2019

FILE - In this July 22, 2019 file photo, a for sale sign is posted in front of a home in Miami. In this first few months after the new federal tax law went into effect, Florida saw jumps in new residents moving from Connecticut and Massachusetts. New figures released Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019, by the U.S. Census Bureau offer a glimpse of the impact of the 2017 tax law on U.S. migration patterns from high-tax northeastern states to Florida, which doesn't have a state income tax and has low...

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After tax law, Florida sees Mass., Conn. movers

by Mike Schneider Associated PressNovember 1, 2019

In this Oct. 12, 2018 file photo debris from homes destroyed by Hurricane Michael litters the ground in Mexico Beach, Fla.

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A year after Michael, Florida community still in crisis

by Mike Schneider Associated PressOctober 9, 2019

In this Aug. 23, 2019, photo, people pass through New York's Grand Central Terminal. With just a few months left before America starts taking its biggest-ever self-portrait, the U.S. Census Bureau is grappling with a host of concerns about the headcount, including how to ensure that it is secure and accurate and the challenge of getting most people to answer questions online. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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Greatest head count in US history is nearly ready to go

by Mike Schneider Associated Press, and Geoff Mulvihill Associated PressAugust 27, 2019

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Deputies urge sex worker to say she was trafficked

by Terry Spencer Associated Press, and Mike Schneider Associated PressJune 10, 2019

In this Tuesday, April 16, 2019, photo, an apartment building under construction nears completion in downtown Orlando, Fla. The U.S. Census Bureau said Thursday, April 18 that Orlando grew by 60,000 people from mid-2017 to mid-2018, making it the fifth biggest metro increase in pure numbers in the nation. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

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Central Florida cities among fastest growing in US

by Mike Schneider Associated PressApril 18, 2019

British physicist Brian Cox speaks at the Apollo Celebration Gala at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Saturday, July 21, 2018. The event kicked off a yearlong celebration of the upcoming 50-year anniversary of the first moon landing. (AP Photo/Alex Sanz)

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Gala opens countdown to 50th anniversary of 1st moon landing

by Alex Sanz Associated Press, and Mike Schneider Associated PressJuly 22, 2018

Jim Manning cuts plywood as he helps a friend cover the windows of his business during storm preparations for Hurricane Matthew, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016, in Darien, Ga. The hurricane picked up steam as it closed in, growing from a Category 3 to a Category 4 storm by late Thursday morning. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)Stephen B. Morton

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Hurricane brushes past Cape Canaveral, leaving hundreds of thousands without power

by Mike Schneider Associated Press, and Kelli Kennedy Associated PressOctober 7, 2016

Traffic stacks up on I-75 North fleeing the coast and Hurricane Matthew on Thursday near McDonough. Jim Butterworth, director at the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency, says he expects the storm to arrive in coastal Georgia late Friday and continue through Saturday night.

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‘A monster’: A deadly Hurricane Matthew closes in on Florida

by Mike Schneider Associated Press, and Kelli Kennedy Associated PressOctober 6, 2016