Nonprofits Count: Mobilizing Communities for the 2010 Census
Our communities have a lot to gain or lose in the 2010 census. We need to make sure everyone is
counted.

• The federal government uses census information to decide where and how to spend almost $400 billion every year on health, education, transportation, and more.
• State governments use census information to decide which communities need money, and what kind of nonprofit services to support.
• Businesses use information to decide where to invest in new factories, distribution centers, and stores.
• Every person who goes uncounted could cost our community thousands of dollars a year. If a lot of people don’t get counted, we could lose out on millions that our communities need and deserve. It could make the difference between getting or losing a school, health clinic, senior center, or job training site.
• Census information is also the basis for political representation. Census counts are used to decide how many representatives each state gets in Congress and how those districts are defined. States use the same information to draw legislative districts.
• Communities where people don’t get counted will lose political representation and influence to communities where everyone does get counted.