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Going Public: Cape County and Jackson See Growth in 2020 Census Numbers

KRCU Public Radio | By Dan Woods

Published August 27, 2021 at 2:14 PM CDT

The Census Bureau recently released the raw numbers for the 2020 count. Among other things, the data is used to determine seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and determine how billions of dollars in federal funds are distributed.

According to the numbers, Cape County grew by 9% and the Jackson grew by 12.5%. To learn more, we spoke with Brian Gerau, President of the Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce.

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Dan Woods

Dan is a 1994 graduate of Southeast Missouri State University. He majored in radio and minored in political science. He spent three of his four years at Southeast working as a student announcer at KRCU – the beginning of his radio career.

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