Word: numbering
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Although the council voted to keep the allocation at $400, it eliminated a clause in the bill that would have allowed members to reduce their number of absences by tabling for the census...
...Fifty percent is a good number to shoot for, but that's obviously pretty low for what started out as a small sampling," Darling says. "And a 50 percent response gives you a very self-selected group...
...going to see that there is a general concern in a number of different areas," Darling says. "But I doubt that it's going to help the council pick which ones it's going to address...
While every uncounted person means a loss of $3,000 in federal aid to the city, the number one million is not significant. According to census council member and independent demography consultant Peggy Backer, "If the population is six digits or seven, it doesn't change anything...
During the 1990 census, a million was a meaningful number. Due to a Michigan state law which has since been revoked, Detroit stood to lose state funding if its population dropped below a million. Since then, a million has become meaningless symbol of greatness akin to being the home of the world's tallest thermometer (that proud distinction belongs to Baker...