More than $12 Billion at Stake
The goal of the 2020 Census is to count everyone once, only once and in the right place.
In FY2016, South Carolina received $12,691,509,891 through 55 federal spending programs guided by data derived from the 2010 Census. In South Carolina, each person represents $809 in Federal funding (in Georgia, it’s $708, in North Carolina, it’s $988). The five Federal Medical Assistance Programs that comprise this number are Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, Title IV-E Foster Care, Title IV-E Adoption Assistance, and the Child Care and Development Fund. There are additional Federal funds for other programs that aren’t directly tied to an individual. Overall, there are more than $675 billion in Federal funds distributed back to tribal, state and local governments based on census numbers. For a fuller explanation of the fiscal counts to SC by a Census undercount see Counting for Dollars 2020.
Here’s a PDF of a handout we created to provide key talking points for the Census.
Census Go-To Websites
- 2020Census.gov
- Census.gov
- CensusCounts.org
- 2020 Census Partner Materials
- Questions for 2020
- Sample Copy of the 2020 Questionnaire
Helpful Tips
- How the Census will invite everyone to respond
- Ways to Respond to the Census
- About the Census Questions
Overall Data & Mapping Tools
- Response Outreach Area Mapper (ROAM)
- Hard-to-Count (HTC) Mapping
- Anderson County, South Carolina Mapping
- Census Interactive Maps
Business and Strategic Partnerships
- Partnership Fact Sheet
- Why your Company Should Become a 2020 Census Official Partner
- Why your Foundation should become a 2020 census Official Partner
- Business Formation Statistics by State
- Business Formation Statistics (BFS)
Education
- Classroom Resources
- Top 10 Benefits of Stats in Schools for Teachers
- Teachers Guide to Data Access Tools for Students
- Census Bureau 101 for Students
- Stats in Schools Videos
Community-Based Organizations
Faith-Based Organizations
- Why your Faith Community
- Should become a Census Partner
- Impact Fair Representation and Political Power
- Health Care Options in Communities
- #CountMeIn pledge to be Counted
Social Media and Promotions
- Multimedia Usage Policy
- Census Photos
- 2020 Census Social Media Graphics
- 2019 Fact Sheets
- Infographics & Visualizations
- Press Kit: 2020 Census
- 5 Things You Can Do Now to Support an Accurate 2020 Census
- United Way of South Carolina
Hard to Count Areas
Here’s a graphic for Anderson County based on https://www.censushardtocountmaps2020.us/.
