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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

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Minneapolis City Council - Committee of the Whole

July 18, 2018 Susan Brower, Minnesota State Demographer mn.gov/demography

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Why do we take a Census? Political representation Fair distribution

  • f resources

High-quality data

Required by the U.S. Constitution

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  • 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)

Census counts guide the distribution of dollars

Source: George Washington University, Counting for Dollars, Minnesota profile

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Challenges and Opportunities

  • Funding for the 2020 Census
  • Distrust of government—

particularly with the addition of the citizenship question

  • Ability to respond online
  • Minnesotans are already
  • rganizing around the census

Challenges Opportunities

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Explosive population growth since the last census

(40) 41,412 2000-2010 2010-2107

Population change in Minneapolis

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, Decennial Census and Metropolitan Council Estimates