Participating in U.S. Census Vital to Clark County & Nevada Services Funding

Participating in the United States census, taken every 10 years, is vitally important to Clark County and Nevada, U.S. Census Bureau Partnership Specialist Brian Lee Berman explains. Census results determine how $675 billion in federal tax funding is distributed to states and communities each year over the next decade. The federal government uses census data to calculate the distribution of funding for schools, highway and transportation projects, Medicare, Medicaid and health care funding, emergency services and other needs. Nevada stands to receive more than $6 billion each year over the next 10 years based on 2020 Census data. The population figures also determine how many of the 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives get allocated to each of the 50 states. After the 2010 Census, Nevada gained a seat in Congress because of Southern Nevada’s population growth. Clark County continues to be one of the fastest-growing communities in the nation and is home to 2.3 million of Nevada’s 3 million residents.