AGENDA CAPTION:
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Receive a presentation and provide feedback regarding the San Marcos Complete Count Committee's planned outreach efforts to promote the 2020 Census.
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Meeting date: January 7, 2020
Department: Planning & Development
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Background Information:
Once every decade, the federal government conducts a census of the entire population to count everyone in the United States. Our nation's founders believed these data were so important that they mandated the decennial census in the Constitution. While the primary constitutional purpose of the census is to determine the number of congressional representatives for each state and ensure equal representation in the redistricting process, the census, in particular, an accurate census, is vital to cities for a variety of reasons discussed in the attached workplan.
In order to create awareness of the 2020 Census and to help communities engage and promote self-response among hard-to-count populations, the Census Bureau encourages tribal, state, and local governments; community-based organizations; faith-based groups; s...
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