A commission responsible for ensuring that the 2020 census in Pennsylvania is accurate and complete is requesting a $1-per-person or over $12 million in funding to achieve its duty.
In September last year, Gov. Tom Wolf signed an executive order establishing a 2020 Census Complete Count Commission composed of 45 members from different sectors to make sure that Pennsylvania’s population is accurately and fully counted.
At the time, Gov. Wolf explained, “The census data impacts all of us, from the number of seats Pennsylvania has in Congress to the amount of federal funds we revive, to the decisions government, businesses and non-profits make. This commission will help our state to have a full and accurate count of our population. We need all people to be counted, from our biggest cities to our small and rural communities.”
Gov. Wolf’s administration is doing everything in its power to fight any effort by the Trump administration to influence the result of the 2020 census. Last year, Pennsylvania joined a multistate lawsuit to block the inclusion of citizenship question in the 2020 Census.
