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In this Feb. 8, 2020, photo, two women wearing traditional Mexican dresses walk by during the celebration of the town's 45th year since it was incorporated in Guadalupe, Ariz. Today, nearly a third of Guadalupe's 6,500 residents say they are Native American and about 75% of all races identify as Hispanic. Small, poor and largely Latino communities like these around the U.S. historically have been undercounted, an analysis by The Associated Press shows, posing challenges for Census workers in a tally that's supposed to ensure federal dollars get to communities needing them most. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-MIlls)

In this Feb. 8, 2020, photo, two women wearing traditional Mexican dresses walk by during the celebration of the town's 45th year since it was incorporated in Guadalupe, Ariz. Today, nearly a third of Guadalupe's 6,500 residents say they are Native American and about 75% of all races identify as Hispanic. Small, poor and largely Latino communities like these around the U.S. historically have been undercounted, an analysis by The Associated Press shows, posing challenges for …

March 16, 2020

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US census faces challenges counting small, poor Latino towns
March 16, 2020 3:41 p.m.

US census faces challenges counting small, poor Latino towns

GUADALUPE, Ariz. (AP) — The two white-washed, mission-style churches and old, wooden homes in this town of mostly Latinos and Native Americans seem misplaced near luxury apartments in Phoenix and a suburb surrounding it.