Alexander City and Tallapoosa County schools have the opportunity to win up to $65,000 by being the No. 1 county in the state with the largest percentage of census participation.
The Census Bowl for Schools program is designed to encourage greater self-response rates in the 2020 U.S. Census for households in the 32 lowest-performing counties in Alabama. Counties will be pitted against other counties and analyzed on week-by-week basis starting Sept. 2.
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