Census

Report: Census Policy Cost North Carolina A Congressional Seat

Melissa Jeltsen | March 30, 2011, 11:26AM

North Carolina narrowly missed out on snagging an additional congressional seat because of the way the U.S. Census counts military personnel, according to a review by the Associated Press.

The Census doesn't count troops who are deployed overseas in the state where they live and work. Instead, they are counted in their "home state," often the state they grew up in.

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