April 01, 2010
On a rainy day this week, a sandwich, hot Portuguese chicken soup and a 2010 census form were just the thing to warm up Kimberley Cano at the Saint Isabel soup kitchen near downtown San Jose. Three census takers came there looking for homeless people like her.
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April 01, 2010
Today, April 1, is census day. Once every 10 years, the federal government counts the nation's population to come up with "a portrait of America." The results are crucial to local governments, schools and agencies -- which rely on federal dollars -- and also media companies that target ethnic audiences.
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April 01, 2010
Rafael Bamba doesn't know when, where or if the U.S. Census Bureau will count him. It's going to be tricky, he admitted, considering he sleeps on whatever sidewalk is handy in downtown San Francisco.
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