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A census worker gives a presentation to the Logan County complete count committee just days before the coronavirus shut down the state.
Updated Monday, 3/1/2021 at 6:22 p.m.
2020 Census results were supposed to come out in December, as mandated by the Constitution.The Census Bureau recently announced plans to release the first-round of results by April 30. Local and state governments and agencies, businesses, nonprofits and researchers rely on this data to get information, access funds and make big decisions.
Disruptions and accuracy concerns swirled around last year’s count and, for some, those concerns remain. The delay may help the Bureau fix some issues, but will also cause problems for the state’s redistricting plans and tax allocation process, and could affect local efforts like fire recovery.