6 Septembre 2013
@TexasTribune: In the #RioGrande valley, Hidalgo County Fights to Boost Its #Census Count http://t.co/ZPd5FVSELX #poverty #Texas
September 06, 2013
Hidalgo County Fights to Boost Its Census Count, by Corrie MacLaggan
Armed with maps, photos and data, Hidalgo County officials say they are fighting to undo the consequences of what they see as a dramatic undercount of the rapidly growing Rio Grande Valley county in the 2010 census. In the overwhelmingly Hispanic county, where more than a third of residents have incomes below the federal poverty level, such population figures are crucial.