The head count of every U.S. resident in 2020 helped guide the distribution of $2.8 trillion in annual federal spending, underscoring the importance of participating in the once-a-decade census.
FILE - Albert Maghbouleh, far left, and Miles Santamour, 89, with Amigos de Jaibalito Foundation share lunch outdoors guarding social distancing, overlooking the skyline of Los Angeles on Jan. 11, 2021. America got older last decade. The share of seniors age 65 or older in the U.S. grew by more than a third, while the share of children declined, particularly among those under age 5, according to new figures from the 2020 census released Thursday, May 25, 2023.
The head count of every U.S. resident in 2020 helped guide the distribution of $2.8 trillion in annual federal spending, underscoring the importance of participating in theThere were 353 federal assistance programs that used the Census Bureau data in 2021 to steer the allocation of the federal funding, up from 316 programs accounting for $1.5 trillion in 2017 when a similar study was updated, according to the report.
The federal funding is distributed to state and local governments, nonprofits, businesses and households. In 2021, it helped pay for health care, education, school lunch programs, COVID-19 relief, child care, food assistance programs and highway construction, among other things. The Census Bureau, which conducts the U.S. censuses every 10 years, doesn't determine how the federal funding is distributed.
The increase in federal funding over four years is due to COVID-19 relief spending, as well as boosts in payments for Medicare — which provides federal health insurance for people age 65 and over — as more baby boomers in the U.S. became senior citizens, said Allison Plyer, chief demographer at The Data Center in New Orleans.The breadth of the programs and the amount of money at stake demonstrate how some communities can miss out on funding opportunities if they aren't counted.
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