August 10, 2011 | 8:45 PM | By

“District challenges its 2010 Census count”

There are 549 census blocks where the numbers don’t add up. One error? Counting people who “live” where there are no residences…like a median on Massachusetts Avenue NW.

The city successfully challenged its 2005 estimate upward by more than 31,000. City planning director Harriet Tregoning said not to expect such a big boost this time.

The issue isn’t a massive undercount, Tregoning said, “just that there’s numbers that are nonsensical.”

”There probably is an undercount, but it’s not substantial,” she added.

— www.washingtonpost.com

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