As of July 1, 2008, there are about 5.35 million people living in the Detroit metropolitan area. Of that figure, only 62 percent were counted in the 2000 census. In recent years, Detroit’s population of immigrants from the Middle East and South Asia has increased significantly.
Tack Yong Kim, publisher of the Michigan Korean Weekly, was upfront with census officials about the confidentiality of the data.
“In your slogan, it says ‘It’s Simple, It’s Important, It’s Safe,’” he said, referring to a census video presentation. “But my question is: Are we really safe, after all?”
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009
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