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Counting Wisconsin: What you should know about the 2020 Census
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With political power and a share of $675 billion in federal funding on the line, civic groups are trying to make sure that Wisconsinites get counted.
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With political power and a share of $675 billion in federal funding on the line, civic groups are trying to make sure that Wisconsinites get counted.
In Wood County, where almost half of the paper industry jobs disappeared during the past decade, local leaders are using a regional approach to boost existing industries. Part two of three in the Center’s Rural Slide series.
In Iron County, which lost one of every seven residents from 2000 to 2010, residents say a controversial taconite mine may be the only way to reverse devastating population loss. Part one of three in the Center’s Rural Slide series.
In the 1990s, only Milwaukee County lost residents. In the aughts, Milwaukee County gained residents. But rural counties lost them — part of a larger Midwestern pattern, according to a University of Wisconsin-Madison news release from today based on just-released Wisconsin census data.