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Texas Census It's tough being a census worker in southwest Texas. The homes are miles apart, many people don't want to be found, and as one enumerator found, sometimes people's pets are a bit unfriendly. NPR's John Burnett has a postcard from Terlingua, Texas.

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It's tough being a census worker in southwest Texas. The homes are miles apart, many people don't want to be found, and as one enumerator found, sometimes people's pets are a bit unfriendly. NPR's John Burnett has a postcard from Terlingua, Texas.