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Apr 12, 2010
D.C. Lagging a Bit in Census Participation
New York City has one of the lowest Census participation rates in the country so far this year, and over the weekend NPR offered this rather irritating story by way of explanation. Turns out the unique combination of jaded hipsters and an isolated Hasidic community in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood is dragging down mail-in rates for the entire city: Only about 30 percent of Williamsburg has mailed their Census forms back, compared to 65 percent…