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The U.S. census and congressional apportionment

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  1. Dudley L. Poston
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Dudley L. Poston is head of the Department of Sociology and Samuel Rhea Gammon Professor of Liberal Arts at Texas A & M University. He is widely published in professional journals on sociological and demographic subjects.

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Poston, D.L. The U.S. census and congressional apportionment. Soc 34, 36–44 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12115-997-1005-6

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