By Barbara Pace, News Writer

December 27, 2019

  The U.S. Constitution requires everyone living in the United States to be counted every ten years. The first census was in 1790, and since 1902 the U.S. Census Bureau has owned the daunting task of documenting individuals living in each American dwelling — now over 300 million people. In 2020, this awe-inspiring count will take place on April 1 — April Fool’s Day. Why does the census matter, and how should students be counted?   Census Results Impact State Funding and Political Power “The numbers we get from the census impact federal funding, business investment, and our political representation — which is a big deal, and part of the origin of the census,” said Mallory Bateman, State Data Center Coordinator for the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute. “It’s critical for campus communities with a significant population of students to get a complete count...