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Coffee Break: Counting songs for the 2020 Census

Feist at Rock the Garden 2018.
Feist at Rock the Garden 2018.Lacey Young | MPR News
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by Anna Weggel

April 01, 2020

Happy Census Day!

Thanks to MN State Demographer Susan Brower for joining us this morning to share the importance of filling out your Census, which only comes around once every 10 years and helps determine how billions of dollars in federal funding flow into states and communities each year.

Have you filled out your Census yet?

For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that feature counting?

Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

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Songs played

Feist - 1234
Violent Femmes - Kiss Off
Elvis Costello - Everyday I Write The Book
Ramones - Rockaway Beach
Eddie Cochran - Twenty Flight Rock
Wilco - I'm a Wheel
XTC - Senses Working Overtime
Wilson Pickett - Land Of 1000 Dances