The 2020 census has started months early in this remote Alaskan fishing village
Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds.And for the census workers who've descended on this remote Alaskan fishing village, that's a good thing.It means they'll have a chance to reach more people -- and count them.For most Americans, the 2020 census won't begin for months.
— U.S. Census Bureau January 21, 2020 Census officials say Toksook Bay was selected to be the place where the first Americans are counted in 2020 because the majority of the village is Alaska Native -- about 94% of residents are Yup'ik -- and because the village is accessible by plane from the hub city of Bethel, Alaska, about 115 miles to the east. The airstrip in Toksook Bay is about a half a mile from the village, Nunakauyak Traditional Council tribal administrator Robert Pitka says.
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