How teens count to America, read the winning essays published in the Star Tribune and Pioneer Press

This spring, the government will attempt to count every single person living in the United States in the 2010 Census. ThreeSixty, the St. Paul Pioneer Press and Minneapolis Star Tribune asked teenagers how they count to America. Today, their essays were published in both papers, and online.

Forty essays were chosen out of more than 400 submitted from all around the state. They show us how diverse our country is becoming not only in people, but also in perspective. Check out what our winners have to say about how teens count in America.