Census Impact on Budgets

Census Impact on Budgets

Take a look at the US Census website, specifically https://www.census.gov/ and the chart labeled Quick Facts. Once you find your state (Texas or Alabama, explore the information available. Choose one of these data sets (click on the i) and explain how it would influence the state budget. How would it influence revenues and expenditures?

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Census Impacts on Budgets

The assigned website offers details and information about the census in the United States. Census in the United States is conducted every ten years and is mandated by Section 2 of Article 1 of the US Constitution (U.S. Census Bureau. 2019). Census is conducted to determine the manner in which direct taxes are to be apportioned to each region . 

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