2020 Census Deadline Tomorrow

October 14, 2020

If you haven’t filled out the 2020 U.S. Census, you still have time. The last day for the 2020 census is tomorrow, Oct. 15 at 11:59 p.m. Hawaii time (2:59 a.m. on Oct. 16 in California).

The census is a data collection of the U.S. population that’s administered every 10 years, it’s used to determine the number of seats each state holds in the U.S. House of Representatives and how much federal funding communities will receive for roads, schools, housing and social services.

In a release sent by North Coast Rep. Jared Huffman, a new report states that if there is just a 1 percent undercount in the 2020 Census, residents of the 2nd Congressional District of California could lose $183,000 in federal funding for schools that have a high proportion of low-income students, and $165,000 in federal funding for job training centers and career counseling.

According to the release, California's second district has about 13,000 low-income students, 89,000 people of working age under the federal poverty level, and saw about $4.3 million in federal funding for worker assistance. A Census undercount jeopardizes that important support.

To fill out the census you can go visit www.2020Census.gov, or call (844) 330-2020 or visit www.2020census.gov/en/ways-to-respond/responding-by-phone.html for a schedule and a list of numbers for different languages, or you can mail your enclosed census questionnaire that must be postmarked by Oct. 15.


By:  Iridian Casarez
Source: North Coast Journal of Politics, People & Art