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February 13, 2019
As directed by Congress, several hundred federal financial assistance programs rely on data derived from the Decennial Census to guide the geographic distribution of funds to states, counties, cities, and households. To better understand the fiscal impacts of the upcoming 2020 Census on states and local areas, the Counting for Dollars Project aims to:
identify each federal program that geographically distributes financial assistance based, in whole or part, on data derived from the Decennial Census; and
ascertain the connection between Decennial Census accuracy and the equitable distribution of funds to states and local areas.
Reports
#1 Initial Analysis: 16 Large Census-guided Financial Assistance Programs
#2 Estimating Fiscal Costs of a Census Undercount to States
#3 Federal Funding for Rural America: The Role of the Decennial Census
#4 Census-derived Datasets Used to Distribute Federal Funds
#5 Distribution of Funding from 55 Large Census-guided Programs by State
