Minorities count . If every individual had the same likelihood of being missed by the Census, the undercount would not be as big a problem. However, census undercounts are not evenly distributed throughout the population but are concentrated among poor, minority, and central city population - communities that often are most in need of social services and economic development programs. Neighborhoods of people of color and the poor are consistently undercounted by the census for a number of reasons, including difficulty with the English language, understanding of the census, and distrust of government programs. The CIC program seeks to make census information more community friendly and comprehensible to the public.
Information leads to servicing .
The decennial census is the only official source of data from which critical policy decisions can be made. This information is free to the public. In fact, the Census Bureau encourages everyone to study this information. The Census 2000 is a landmark because it will fix the inaccurate counting done in the 1990 Census. Participation leads to change.