diff --git a/extract/padelnomics_extract/src/padelnomics_extract/census_usa.py b/extract/padelnomics_extract/src/padelnomics_extract/census_usa.py
index 657bc05..91e35a8 100644
--- a/extract/padelnomics_extract/src/padelnomics_extract/census_usa.py
+++ b/extract/padelnomics_extract/src/padelnomics_extract/census_usa.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ ACS_URL = (
 )
 
 REF_YEAR = 2023
-MIN_POPULATION = 50_000
+MIN_POPULATION = 10_000
 MAX_RETRIES = 2
 
 
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ def extract(
             "country_code": "US",
         })
 
-    assert len(rows) > 500, f"Expected >500 US cities ≥50K pop, got {len(rows)} — parse may have failed"
+    assert len(rows) > 2000, f"Expected >2000 US cities ≥10K pop, got {len(rows)} — parse may have failed"
     logger.info("parsed %d US cities with population ≥%d", len(rows), MIN_POPULATION)
 
     dest_dir = landing_path(landing_dir, "census_usa", year, month)