NPR's Pam Fessler reports on a bid by minority groups for the Census Bureau to release both the official 2000 census and the figures that include estimates of people the census takers missed. The bureau intends to release both numbers, but the incoming Bush administration could block release of the data compiled with statistical sampling techniques. Positions on the issue have typically broken along partisan lines, with Democrats supporting the enhanced figures. Republicans tend to say "sampling" adds population to Democratic-leaning areas. GOP members also say the basic headcount is more in keeping with the founders' intent for the census.
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