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Critical Reading Passage 5
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Question below are based on the graphic that follows a brief introduction to the topic:

The United States Constitution directs Congress to conduct a census of the population to determine the country's population and demographic information. The United States Census Bureau carries out the survey. In 1790, then Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson conducted the first census, and the most recent U.S. census was in 2010. The next U.S. census will be the first to be issued primarily through the Internet.


USA Population-Fin-01

Critical Reading Passage 5
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1. In which of the following years was the United States population less than it was in 1930?
2. In which twenty-year interval did the population increase the most?