Minneapolis City Council - Committee of the Whole July 18, 2018 Susan Brower, Minnesota State Demographer mn.gov/demography
Why do we take a Census? Required by the Political Fair distribution High-quality U.S. Constitution representation of resources data
Census counts guide the distribution of dollars • More than 8 billion federal dollars are distributed to Minnesotans each year on the basis of census data • That’s $1,532 per person each year ( $15,320 for the decade) Source: George Washington University, Counting for Dollars, Minnesota profile
Challenges and Opportunities Challenges Opportunities • Funding for the 2020 Census • Ability to respond online • Distrust of government— • Minnesotans are already particularly with the addition of organizing around the census the citizenship question
Explosive population growth since the last census Population change in Minneapolis 41,412 (40) 2000-2010 2010-2107 Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, Decennial Census and Metropolitan Council Estimates
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