Deployed Soldiers Cost N. Carolina a Congress Seat

During last year’s Census, more than 40,000 troops were deployed from North Carolina’s military bases—but because only 12,200 of them listed North Carolina as their home state, the state lost out on a congressional seat. That’s because, though the Census usually counts the troops’ current base as…

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Deployed Soldiers Cost N. Carolina a Congress Seat

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