From a37b3b896d0d1061014bb88d6a4d81fc91ae008a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AFg6K7h4fhy2 <127630341+AFg6K7h4fhy2@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2025 13:09:45 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] update readme

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 README.md             | 4 +++-
 README.qmd            | 2 +-
 forecasttools/data.py | 1 -
 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a9328c6..90f158d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -119,7 +119,9 @@ See below for more information on the datasets.
 
 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:
diff --git a/README.qmd b/README.qmd
index 976dc32..1567f3f 100644
--- a/README.qmd
+++ b/README.qmd
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ See below for more information on the datasets.
 
 ## 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
index e4f802f..65f7a00 100644
--- a/forecasttools/data.py
+++ b/forecasttools/data.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 an example FluSight submission.
 """
 
-# %%
 import os
 import pathlib
 from urllib import error, request