The result will determine whether the state will lose one of its eight U.S. House seats, which would dilute its clout on Capitol Hill and role in presidential elections.
Along with political matters, census data is used to calculate federal spending on infrastructure, school lunches and many other programs. The state could miss out on $15,000 in federal funds over a decade for each uncounted resident.
In an urgent effort to protect the state’s political leverage, Minnesotans are already racing to find and count every resident in the 2020 census.
The result will determine whether the state will lose one of its eight U.S. House seats, which would dilute its clout on Capitol Hill and Minnesota’s role in presidential elections.
View the complete December 16 article by Judy Keen on The Star Tribune website here.