Chester County Commissioners Michelle Kichline, Kathi Cozzone and Terence Farrell recently approved a resolution calling for the formation of a countywide 2020 census Complete Count Committee (CCC) to encourage all residents' participation in the census survey. The commissioners' approval was given on Sept. 12.
The CCC is a group of volunteers who will, at the local level, develop and implement a 2020 census awareness campaign based upon their knowledge of the local community. The CCC consists of government and community leaders from education, business, health care and other community organizations.
According to commissioners chair Michelle Kichline, census data impacts grant programs that are federally funded and population-based, government and business planning and state and federal legislative districts, which are population-based. The county's 2019 adopted budget includes $190.2 million in federal and state grants, which represent 40 percent of Chester County's $476 million operating budget.
Approximately 522,000 people currently live in Chester County, according to 2018 census data. This grew from the 2010 census count of 498,886 residents in Chester County. The county's population is expected to increase 30 percent over the next 30 years.
Census Day is Wednesday, April 1, 2020. Every household will have the option to respond to the short survey online, by mail, or by phone. By law, the Census Bureau must keep all responses confidential and is not permitted to share answers with any other government agency. The U.S. Constitution has required a decennial census since 1790.
For more information on the 2020 census and Chester County's CCC, readers may visit http://chescoplanning.org/Demographics/CompleteCount.cfm.
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