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- It happens every 10 years.
- It only takes 5-10 minutes per person to fill out, depending on the size of your household.
- The census can be filled out online, by phone or by mail.
- The census can be filled out in 13 common languages by phone or online, with guides available for 60+ languages.
- You can take the census for yourself and your household if you are at least 15 years old.
- The census is used to determine how much funding and representation should be distributed to communities.
- The census funds important programs like Medicaid, Medicare and SNAP.
- The money our city receives based on census data is used to support disaster recovery, road improvements, school lunches and over 130 other programs.
- 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 donā€™t lose millions of dollars in the next 10 years!
- Your responses cannot be shared with anyone. In fact, theyā€™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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