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## When did the U.S. Census Bureau move to Suitland, MD, and why?

The Census Bureau moved to Suitland, MD, in Spring 1942, so the Office of Price Administration (OPA) could move into the building it had previously occupied at Virginia Avenue and D Street in Washington, DC.  At the time, the Roosevelt Administration and Census Bureau agreed it was critical to have the OPA's war-related operations close to Congress and the White House.

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