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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Census Bureau is bucking a proposal to change the way it counts prison inmates, saying the change would be expensive and lead to inaccuracies.
The bureau has always counted inmates as residents of the communities where they are imprisoned. That system adds to those communities' populations, giving them more clout when it comes to laying out legislative districts and divvying up government grants based on population.
However, some big-city congressmen, whose districts typically lose in the deal, want inmates counted as residents of their home towns and cities in the 2010 Census.
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