10 Things to Know About the 2020 Census

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Article provided by Houston in Action.

  1. It happens every 10 years.
  2. It only takes 5-10 minutes per person to fill out, depending on the size of your household.
  3. The census can be filled out online, by phone or by mail.
  4. The census can be filled out in 13 common languages by phone or online, with guides available for 60+ languages.
  5. You can take the census for yourself and your household if you are at least 15 years old.
  6. The census is used to determine how much funding and representation should be distributed to communities.
  7. The census funds important programs like Medicaid, Medicare and SNAP.
  8. The money our city receives based on census data is used to support disaster recovery, road improvements, school lunches and over 130 other programs.
  9. After the 2010 census, we missed out on over $10,000* per person not listed on the census. Everyone should fill out Census 2020 so we don’t lose millions of dollars in the next 10 years!
  10. Your responses cannot be shared with anyone. In fact, they’re even protected by law from other branches of government.

*The total financial impact of the census cannot be determined precisely per capita. Numbers used apply to the state of Texas and are provided by Counting for Dollars 2020: The Role of the Decennial Census in the Geographic Distribution of Federal Funds.

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