Federal government shutdown postpones Alaska’s annual population estimate

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Alaska’s annual population estimate will be delayed almost a month due to last year’s federal government shutdown.

State demographer David Howell said on Wednesday that the state estimate isn’t expected until at least Jan. 28 due to the lack of required data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The estimate is typically published in the first full week of January by the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development and reflects information as of July the previous year.

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