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Local push on to make Memphis area count in the Census - TSDMemphis.com

by Jennifer L. Sharp - With a Sept. 30 deadline looming, local officials are making an all-out push to get as many households as possible to complete 2020 Census forms. The City of Memphis has jumped into the effort big time to make sure communities of color, which traditionally have been undercounted, are accounted for […]

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