Californians, including adults, parents, and their children, have the opportunity to be counted.
Many federal programs use funding formulas that are based on the decennial census population count.
An accurate California population count will determine whether education and other programs in our state receive their fair share of federal dollars. In 1990, California experienced the highest undercount rate among all fifty states. The 1990 Census did not account for more than 800,000 Californians, half of whom were children. With your help as a leader in adult education, you and your colleagues can make a tremendous difference in the outcome of the Census 2000 California population count. The U.S. Bureau of the Census has made available adult education lessons and curricular materials on Census 2000.