GARDEN CITY, Kan. (AP) Garden City officials are ready for a second round in a fight with the U.S. Census Bureau over the western Kansas city’s population.
The city first challenged the federal agency after it said in 2011 that the city had 26,658 residents. Last week, the Census Bureau added seven people to the population count.
That prompted the Garden City Commission to decide Tuesday to file a second challenge. City officials believe the population is between 28,000 to 30,300 residents. They contend the bureau didn’t count six areas of the city in its 2010 count.
The Garden City Telegram reports commissioners acknowledged the challenge might be more symbolic than productive.
They said census officials have said they won’t send anyone to the city or use other documentation to reconsider the count.
