Every 10 years the U.S. Bureau of the Census counts the inhabitants of the United States. This count provides not only a population total, but also information for the apportionment of seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, demographic studies, and the allocation of federal funding.
Individual states use the results for redistricting, planning schools, hospitals, roads and more.
It is imperative that Texas receives a complete count in this year's Census. Everyone living in Texas, regardless of immigration or residency status, needs to be counted. When the Census is finished, Texas' population could number more than 20 million people, an increase of almost 20 percent. It is estimated that almost 500,000 Texans were missed during the 1990 Census. This undercount resulted in the loss of tens of millions of dollars in federal funding each year for the state.