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Kirby board decides to cite census.gov after inconsistent population figures
Summary
Committee members encountered conflicting population figures (575, 504, 808) from different sources and agreed to standardize to census.gov links for the town plan; members asked staff to update exhibits accordingly.
During a review of the population and housing figures, multiple sources produced differing totals for Kirby. Committee member S4 told the board she had located figures on the official U.S. Census site and suggested using those links in the plan to avoid future discrepancies. "And I found some numbers from the census also," S4 said as members compared values on various sites.
Members agreed to replace embedded exhibit tables with a uniform citation to census.gov and to rework charts where necessary so readers can access up-to-date data directly. The board asked S4 and staff to reconcile which figures (total population, households, and school-age share) should appear in the revised exhibits.
