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Center of Population

Friday, May 20, 2011

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The U.S. Census Bureau's Center of Population animated map looks at how the "mean center" of population is shifting westward since 1970: "Each decade, after it tabulates the decennial census, the Census Bureau calculates the center of population. The National Mean Center of Population based on the 2010 Census is near Plato, Mo., an incorporated village in Texas County." Via The Mail Online.

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