Thompson, others worry about census undercount
ROLLING FORK, Miss. — In this pocket-sized community along the cotton-field landscaped Mississippi Delta, most folks know the importance of this year’s census count.
“That’s life and death. In small town America, everything you do is predicated on federal money,” said Rolling Fork Mayor James Denson, whose town’s population is about 2,400 and is 70 percent black.
The Census is conducted once every 10 years and helps determine how millions of federal dollars are spent, and how congressional and state district lines are drawn.
For the Delta, one of the poorest regions in the country, federal funding is needed for everything from infrastructure projects to preschool and feeding programs.
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AP
7/5/10
Magnolia Tribune
