Hey there, I'm Bethany Van Delft, and this is the 10 News.

The show where in the time it takes to count all the people who live with you, your neighbors and the people down the street, we find out what's up in the world.

In today's episode, we'll discover why the U.S. Census really counts.

See what I did there.

Find out what some of the zoo animals did while humans weren't around during the pandemic.

And answer this question.

Which of the following methods did the mosquito control agency of the Florida Keys approve in an effort to eliminate the pesky bugs?

Stick around until the end of the 10 to find out.

Okay, let's get into the 10 news.

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Maybe you've noticed reminders pretty much everywhere about the 2020 census.

They're everywhere.

It's a once a decade thing.

And it's a pretty big deal.

Let's go to our correspondent Pamela Kirkland to find out why.

It happens once every 10 years.

And it's old, like really, really old.

But it's also something very important that every person living

in the United States is encouraged to participate in. What am I talking about? It's the census.

But what is it? And why should you care if you're counted? We asked Alex and her mom, Yasmin Naboa, who know an awful lot about it

to make sense of the census. Hi, I'm Alex. I am a student and I'm 12 years old. I really enjoy the outdoors

and I'm very passionate a bit about the 2020 census.

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