PLYMOUTH – Turns out it wasn’t too much snow nor high taxes that drove 245 people out of Plymouth over the past decade.

Instead, the 2010 U.S. Census released last week mistakenly assigned former inmates at the now defunct minimum security detention center, Camp Pharsalia to mailing addresses in South Plymouth. Plymouth Supervisor Jerry Kreiner said a member of his town’s planning board solved the puzzle.

“We think that’s what happened. I can’t say point blank, but the numbers add up,” said Rena Doing, who also works for the Chenango County Department of Planning and Development. Plymouth’s population, would then remain stagnant at about 2,050.