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<b><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">This from Census:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, DEC. 5, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Census Bureau to Release New Web Tool - "Easy Stats"<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Tomorrow, just in time for the release of the American Community Survey five-year estimates, the U.S. Census Bureau will release “Easy Stats,” an online tool developed to make statistics
quicker and easier to access. The interactive tool provides selected demographic and economic statistics from the American Community Survey. “Easy Stats” allows searching by geography down to the local level, including incorporated places like cities and towns
and census designated places. View detailed race, age and gender breakdowns, and compare communities. <</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.census.gov/easystats/">http://www.census.gov/easystats/</a>>
<b><span style="color:#333333">Link will be live tomorrow, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012.</span></b><span style="color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">In addition, tomorrow the Census Bureau will update its popular QuickFacts site with the new American Community Survey statistics, making it even easier for people to find information about
a town, county or state. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D">Ann Reed, Federal Programs Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D">Oregon State Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D">ann.reed@state.or.us<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D">fax 503-378-6439<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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