It’s Census Day!

April 1^st is the official Census Day of the 2020 Census. As COVID-19 continues to have an impact on the country and our local communities, the safety, health, and welfare of Nevadans is the top priority. In light of public health concerns, it is important to know that you can be counted without leaving home.

There are three confidential, easy, quick ways to help Nevada get our fair share of federal funding: online at https://census.nv.gov/ , by phone at 884-330-2020, or the mail in questionnaire that was sent out a couple weeks ago. The census takes less than 10 minutes to complete no matter which avenue you choose.

Although Churchill has the highest response rate so far, there is still work to be done

Nevada can receive over $67 billion in federal funding over the next ten years if everyone is counted. This is the way to bring back the taxes we pay. For everyone who is counted, Nevada gets about $2,000 each for the next ten years that helps communities be healthy, safe, and educated – programs like Medicaid, health care centers, child care grants, career and technical education grants, cooperative extension service, highway planning and construction, rural electrification loans, as well as water and waste disposal systems for rural communities.

Churchill County has historically had a high response rate, leading the state in a self-response rate during the 2010 census of 68.3%. Currently Churchill County has the highest response rate of any Nevada county with a 42.6% response. There is still work to do with nearly 60% of our population left to be counted.

You can monitor the progress of the response rate on the national census page: https://2020census.gov/en/response-rates.html

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