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Financial Impact

Hard-to-count: ensuring NM is accurately represented in the 2020 Census
By Rachel Whitt July 18, 2019

Every New Mexican counted in the 2020 Census could result in about $3,000 more federal dollars for our state. That means serious funding for New Mexico is at stake this spring when the U.S. Census Bureau completes its count on April 1, 2020.

“If someone is not counted, the error carries for 10 years and that equates to massive amounts of federal funding our state would miss out on.” – Robert Rhatigan, UNM Geospatial and Population Studies.

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