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How Filling Out Your 2020 Census Can Help Georgia Programs

On Second Thought
On Second Thought
Episode • Jan 13, 2020 • 14m
Every ten years, the Census gets distributed to every household around the United States. The constitutionally-mandated questionnaire tells a story about who we are as a country, along with some more practical implications. Thousands of people, from door-to-door census takers to state governments, prepare years in advance to execute the massive push behind the Census. The results determine how much power individuals across the country have in their local and national political process, as well as how resources are allocated in communities across the country.