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Klobuchar, Fischbach call on Census Bureau to release updated Marshall count

Press Release

Date: Feb. 6, 2024
Issues: Government Operations Higher Education

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"An accurate and comprehensive census is fundamental to our democracy and the well-being of communities across the country. The city of Marshall is home to Southwest Minnesota State University, which enrolled 6,660 students in the fall of 2019, including 427 who lived on campus. Very few of these students were present on campus on April 1, 2020 due to a shift to remote learning necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, the population of the city of Marshall was undercounted during the 2020 Census.

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Accurate population counts are critical for cities for municipal planning and applications for grants and other resources. We strongly urge the U.S. Census Bureau to work with the city of Marshall to resolve this undercount and update the City's population count to reflect the college student population that lives there."

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