>>Mayor: Census count too low
>>BY GREGORY KORTE | GKORTE@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>The number hasnt been released yet, but Mark Mallory already doesnt like
>>it.
>>
>>The Cincinnati mayor promised to challenge the U.S. Census Bureaus
>>population estimate for Cincinnati, whatever it is, when it comes out
>>Thursday.
>>
>>It was a similar challenge last year, filed by the mayors 20-year-old
>>intern, that led the Census Bureau to reverse its position on the citys
>>four-decade-old population loss. Instead of losing 22,555 people since
>>2000, the nations people-counters said, Cincinnati gained 27 people from
>>2000 to 2005.
>>
>>
>> The official 2005 population for the city of Cincinnati is now
>>331,310. Mallory says thats still far too low and therefore the 2006
>>estimate will be wrong as well.
>>
>>Were here to debunk that number right now, Mallory told Enquirer
>>re****ters and editors today. If you start with a base that is flawed,
>>then every update to it is flawed as well.
>>
>>Mallory believes the citys population to be at least 368,000.
>>
>>Thats based on an independent study by Social Compact, a Wa****ngton,
>>D.C.-based nonprofit research group that uses other data sources to
>>uncover what it says are lost populations and economies in the inner
city.
>>
>>Social Compact CEO John Tallmadge said his group has uncovered $2
billion
>>in hidden spending power in the city. But because most companies make
>>investment decisions based on flawed census numbers, Tallmadge said,
>>Cincinnati residents arent well served by retailers.
>>
>>The Census Bureau said in March that Hamilton County had lost 22,677
>>people since the 2000 census. That means if the city is successful in
>>continuing to mount challenges, any population added to Cincinnati would
>>make population losses in the Hamilton County suburbs even
>>steeper. Mallory said he would consider working with suburban mayors to
>>make a coordinated challenge.
>>
>>The Census Bureau has released its 2006 population estimates to news
>>organizations, including The Enquirer, subject to a news embargo through
>>Thursday.
>>
>>
>>http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070626/NEWS01/306260052
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>TNB! Niggers lie!
Yep.
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