WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 17: Employees of the U.S. Census Bureau applaud as the population clock hit the 300 million mark at 7:46 a.m. October 17, 2006 in Washington DC. The population estimate is based on estimates for births, deaths and net immigration that add up to one new American per 11 seconds. Getty Images logo Getty Images 40 months ago

WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 17: Employees of the U.S. Census Bureau applaud as the population clock hit the 300 million mark at 7:46 a.m. October 17, 2006 in Washington DC. The population estimate is based on estimates for births, deaths and net immigration that add up to one new American per 11 seconds.

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  2. U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert Groves, foreground center, meets with residents of the San Carlos Colonia off Highway 359 in Laredo, Texas on Monday, Feb. 1, 2010. Groves was accompanied by Congressman Henry Cuellar, left and regional director for the U.S. Census Gabriel Sanchez. Anxiety among immigrants illustrates one of the biggest obstacles facing the Census Bureau this year: persuading those residents most afraid of the government to participate in the decennial count.
  3. U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert M. Groves walks out of the home of eighty-nine year-old village elder and World War II veteran Clifton Jackson in Noorvik, Alaska in this January 25, 2010 handout. Jackson became the first citizen in the nation to be enumerated for the 2010 Census. When the U.S. Census Bureau's 2010 population count officially kicks off on Monday, the roughly 600 residents of a remote Inupiat Eskimo village in Alaska are due to be the first citizens to be tallied.
  4. U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert M. Groves (seated) gets a ride in a dogsled driven by Brian Coffin, 12, from the Noorvik airstrip into the remote Inupiat Eskimo village in Northwestern Alaska in this January 25, 2010 handout. When the U.S. Census Bureau's 2010 population count officially kicks off on Monday, the roughly 600 residents of a remote Inupiat Eskimo village in Alaska are due to be the first citizens to be tallied.
  5. U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert Groves leaves the home of World War II veteran and village elder Clifton Jackson, 89, in the remote Inupiat Eskimo village Noorvik, Alaska., Monday, Jan 25, 2010, after counting him to formally launch the nation's 2010 count.
  6. U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert Groves stands outside the during a media interview in the remote Inupiat Eskimo village Noorvik, Alaska, Monday, Jan 25, 2010. Groves is in Noorvik to formally launch the nation's 2010 count.
  7. U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert Groves, left, greets Walter Sampson, Assembly President of the Northwest Arctic Borough, center, and Pauline Nay, right, as he arrives in the remote Inupiat Eskimo village Noorvik, Alaska., Monday, Jan. 25, 2010, to formally launch the nation's 2010 count.
  8. U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert Groves greets school children as he arrives in the remote Inupiat Eskimo village Noorvik, Alaska., Monday, Jan 25, 2010, to formally launch the nation's 2010 count of America's residents.
  9. U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert Groves arrives in the remote Inupiat Eskimo village Noorvik, Alaska in a dogsled driven by Noorvik resident Brian Coffin, 11,, Monday, Jan 25, 2010. Groves came to the village to formally launch the nation's 2010 count of America's residents. Alaska Lt. Gov. Craig Campbell in a dog sled driven by Wilber Melton follows Groves.
  10. U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert Groves arrives in the remote Inupiat Eskimo village Noorvik, Alaska driving a dogsled with Noorvik resident Brian Coffin, 11,, Monday, Jan 25, 2010. Groves came to the village to formally launch the nation's 2010 count of America's residents. Alaska Lt. Gov. Craig Campbell in a dog sled driven by Wilber Melton follows Groves.
  11. U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert Groves arrives in the remote Inupiat Eskimo village Noorvik, Alaska in a dogsled driven by Noorvik resident Brian Coffin, 11,, Monday, Jan 25, 2010. Groves came to the village to formally launch the nation's 2010 count of America's residents. Alaska Lt. Gov. Craig Campbell in a dog sled driven by Wilber Melton follows Groves.
  12. U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert Groves, left, arrives in the remote Inupiat Eskimo village Noorvik, Alaska with his dogsled driver Noorvik resident Brian Coffin, 11,, Monday, Jan 25, 2010. Groves came to the village to formally launch the nation's 2010 count of America's residents.
  13. U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert Groves arrives in the remote Inupiat Eskimo village Noorvik, Alaska in a dogsled driven by Noorvik resident Brian Coffin, 11,, Monday, Jan 25, 2010. Groves came to the village to formally launch the nation's 2010 count of America's residents. Alaska Lt. Gov. Craig Campbell in a dog sled driven by Wilber Melton follows Groves.
  14. U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert Groves arrives in the remote Inupiat Eskimo village Noorvik, Alaska in a dogsled driven by Noorvik resident Brian Coffin, 11,, Monday, Jan 25, 2010. Groves came to the village to formally launch the nation's 2010 count of America's residence. Alaska Lt. Gov. Craig Campbell in a dog sled driven by Wilber Melton follows Groves.
  15. U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert Groves, left, arrives in the remote Inupiat Eskimo village Noorvik, Alaska with his dogsled driver Noorvik resident Brian Coffin, 11,, Monday, Jan 25, 2010. Groves came to the village to formally launch the nation's 2010 count of America's residence.
  16. U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert Groves arrives in the remote Inupiat Eskimo village Noorvik, Alaska driving a dogsled with Noorvik resident Brian Coffin, 11,, Monday, Jan 25, 2010. Groves came to the village to formally launch the nation's 2010 count of America's residence. Alaska Lt. Gov. Craig Campbell in a dog sled driven by Wilber Melton follows Groves.

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