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 The location table contains abbreviations, codes, extended names, and
 populations for the jurisdictions of the United States that the FluSight
-and COVID forecasting hubs require users to generate forecasts.
+and COVID forecasting hubs require users to generate forecasts. The US
+population value is the sum of all available states and territories
+(some territories have `null` population values).
 
 The location table is stored in `forecasttools-py` as a `polars`
 dataframe and is accessed via:

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 ## Location Table
 
-The location table contains abbreviations, codes, extended names, and populations for the jurisdictions of the United States that the FluSight and COVID forecasting hubs require users to generate forecasts.
+The location table contains abbreviations, codes, extended names, and populations for the jurisdictions of the United States that the FluSight and COVID forecasting hubs require users to generate forecasts. The US population value is the sum of all available states and territories (some territories have `null` population values).
 
 The location table is stored in `forecasttools-py` as a `polars` dataframe and is accessed via:
 

diff --git a/forecasttools/data.py b/forecasttools/data.py
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 an example FluSight submission.
 """
 
-# %%
 import os
 import pathlib
 from urllib import error, request