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Officials push for better census count

by Emily Pace

Posted: 12.15.2009 at 12:05 AM

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The 2010 census form will be mailed to residents in March.

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South Carolina works toward counting all residents in the 2010 census.

State officials are working maximize the S.C. count after the Palmetto State had one of the nation's worst response rates during the last census.

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