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The 2020 census must continue for another month, a federal judge rules

The judge has stopped the 2020 census from finishing at the end of September and ordered the once-a-decade head count of every U.S. resident extended through October.

This April photo shows an envelope containing a 2020 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident in Detroit.
This April photo shows an envelope containing a 2020 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident in Detroit.Read morePaul Sancya / AP
    by Mike Schneider, The Associated Press
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