Journey-to-work Census Data Questioned

If Census conclusions about Southern California and New York data are wrong, what other conculsions might be incorrect?

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March 10, 2003, 8:00 AM PST

"Census officials said they had found no statistical errors to explain the discrepancies, but that similar questions have been raised in Miami, in an unspecified New Jersey county and in the Bronx, in New York... While the trend toward increased economic independence in Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura counties is unquestioned, census estimates of employment levels and commuter patterns conflict sharply with established jobs surveys and regional transportation studies."

Thanks to Laura Kranz

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Sunday, March 9, 2003 in The Los Angeles Times

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