Census recruiting in northeastern Minnesota lags, even as pay hits $24 an hour

DULUTH – In less than a month, Minnesotans will start being asked to fill out their census forms, far ahead of the late July date by which officials plan on counting every person in the state.

In northeastern Minnesota, meeting that deadline means hiring more census counters, a task recruiters are finding more challenging than last decade due to a tight labor market.

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