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Commissioner in the Chamber (of Commerce)
Jerry Libbin Set to Take a Top Position for MBCC — But is it a Conflict of Interest?

MORE STORIES

The $13 Million Park

New World Symphony Park Preliminary Budget Approved

City Censorship?

Local Artist Ruffles Feathers at Miami Beach City Hall



NEWS

A CENSUS BUREAU ENUMERATOR INTERVIEWS A MOTHER WITH TWO CHILDREN IN 1950.
PHOTO COURTESY U.S. CENSUS BUREAU, PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE

Stand Up and Be Counted
Census Undercounting Endangers Federal Funding to City of Miami Beach

By Lee Molloy

The first census of the U.S. population was taken in 1790, at which time there were just six questions asked, most of which sound incredible in today’s society. The survey included accounting for the number of white males, the number of white females, the number of free persons and the number of slaves in a household. The total population recorded across the 13 original states was 3.9 million — a number which, according to Rafael De La Portilla, a senior partnership specialist at the U.S. Census Bureau, did not please President George Washington, who anticipated a much higher count.

More than 200 years later, that reaction is still being echoed — in Miami Beach.

City officials claim that, at roughly 88,000 residents, the census conducted in 2000 undercounted the number of people who call Miami Beach home. READ MORE

ART

Reaching the Other Side
Antonia Wright Draws You Into a New Perspective

By Angie Hargot


BY ANTONIA WRIGHT

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