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Why is the Census Important to North Carolina?

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NC gained a 14th seat in Congress following the 2020 Census. Decennial Census data is also used to guide redistricting from all the way from congressional to local school districts.

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Sep, 7 2021 - News & Observer

Redistricting is starting in North Carolina. Here’s how you can get involved

Although state lawmakers have quashed any hopes that anti-gerrymandering activists had of politicians giving up their control of political map making in North Carolina this decade, they have promised similar levels of transparency as in 2019.
Aug, 17 2021 - ABC 11

2020 Census data: North Carolina becoming more racially diverse

North Carolina grew by 9.5 percent over the last decade, outpacing the national average of 7.4 percent, according to 2020 census data released Thursday.The state, now home to 10.4 million people, is more racially diverse.
Apr, 26 2021 - Carolina Demography

Census 2020: NC gains a 14th seat in the House of Representatives

The U.S. Census Bureau just released the first look at the results from the 2020 Census. North Carolina’s official population in the 2020 Census was 10,439,388*. This is an increase of 903,905 or 9.5% since 2010. North Carolina had the 6th largest increase among the states and was the 15th fastest-growing state.
Apr, 9 2021 - ABC 11

Census delays add suspense for NC voters, delay billions in grants

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- The best picture of America isn't found on Google; it's in the U.S. Census.The latest iteration of the decennial project, however, continues to be held up as analysts play catch-up on the massive data operation that was also affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Oct, 14 2020 - NC Counts Coalition

Press Release: SUPREME COURT GRANTS PERMISSION TO THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION TO END THE 2020 CENSUS COUNT

October 14, 2020 – On Tuesday afternoon, the Supreme Court of the United States issued an order allowing the current administration to end the 2020 Census count. Data collection for the 2020 Census will end tomorrow, October 15, 2020.
Aug, 6 2020 - NPR

With No Final Say, Trump Wants To Change Who Counts For Dividing Up Congress' Seats

President Trump released a memorandum Tuesday that calls for an unprecedented change to the constitutionally mandated count of every person living in the country - the exclusion of unauthorized immigrants from the numbers used to divide up seats in Congress among the states. The memo instructs Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, who oversees the Commerce Department, to include in the legally required report of census results to the president "information permitting the President, to the extent practicable" to leave out the number of immigrants living in the U.S. without authorization from the apportionment count.