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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In concert with Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata who contacted the U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo recently about issues with the 2020 Census count and how it affects American Samoa, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga has directed the Dept. of Commerce to plan how best to...

!["The 49,000 [the current 2020 census count for the territory], truthfully, is going to impact all the Federal resources that come into our island. It does not matter how big or small your grant program is; our population count will affect our Federal resources,” Commerce director Petti Tagipo Matila told the governor and cabinet. 2020 Census logo](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/census_logo_8.jpg?itok=07B3G-ss)