LOCAL FUNDING
The census provides critical data that lawmakers, business owners, teachers, and many others use to provide daily services, products, and support for you and your community. Every year, billions of dollars in federal funding go to hospitals, fire departments, schools, roads, and other resources based on census data.
REPRESENTATION IN CONGRESS
The results of the census also determine the number of seats each state will have in the U.S. House of Representatives, and they are used to draw congressional and state legislative districts.
IT'S THE LAW
It's also in the Constitution: Article 1, Section 2, mandates that the country conduct a count of its population once every 10 years. The 2020 Census will mark the 24th time that the country has counted its population since 1790.
[source: United States Census Bureau: https://2020census.gov/en/what-is-2020-census.html]
You are kept anonymous: The Census Bureau is not permitted to publicly release your responses in any way that could identify you or anyone else in your home. The answers you provide are used only to produce statistics.
[source: United States Census Bureau]
The Census Will Never Ask For
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