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5/7/2009 <br />The 2010 Census and' <br />Your Communi'ty <br />2010 <br />CensUs <br />k ~f~.L.Lr s A~" REG~ON <br />~ ~T hs F=uiu ts ~ri Our Hor~cfa <br />Patrick McCoy <br />Partnership Specialist <br />Dallas Regional Census Center <br />1 ` . 1_ N $ ' S? F, 1 't I1 <br />Purpose of the Census <br />Article 1, Section 2 of the Constitution of <br />the United States reads; <br />"Representation and direct taxes shall be <br />apportioned among the several States <br />which may be included within this Union, <br />according to their respective numbers <br />The actual Enumeration shall be made <br />within three years after the first meeting of <br />the Congress of the United States, and <br />within every subsequent term of ten Years, <br />in such manner as they shall by Law direct. " <br />•Apportionment <br />•Redistricting <br />•Distribution of Funds <br />N . , 1, : li <br />2 <br />. U00156' 1 <br />