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Every 10 years, the U.S. Census Bureau carries out a constitutionally mandated count, or census, of the nation’s residents. Data from the 2020 Census will determine the number of representatives Texans have in Congress and the distribution of billions of dollars in federal funds annually for key public services.

That’s why we are working with our partners to spread the word that ALL Texans — including young children — should be counted in the 2020 Census.

Young children have been historically undercounted in past censuses due in part to confusion about whether they should be included on the form. Young children with certain demographic characteristics — such as living in large metro areas, in linguistically isolated households, in grandparents' or non-relatives' households, in group quarters, and in certain other situations — are at risk of being missed in the 2020 Census.

When we miss kids, it harms children and their communities for a decade because our state loses billions of federal dollars for programs that give kids a healthy start in life: Head Start, Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly "food stamps"), Title I education funding, child care subsidies, Early Childhood Intervention (ECI), and school lunches.

The resources on this page are available for organizations and concerned Texans to use to educate communities about the importance of the 2020 Census, with the ultimate goal of ensuring all young children in Texas are counted in the Census in April 2020.

Materials Created by Texans Care for Children and the Center for Public Policy Priorities

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Get Involved

Click here to sign-up for our Counting Young Texas Children 2020 Census listserv. If you sign up you will receive an email at the beginning of each month with updates and resources to help ensure an accurate count of young Texas children in the 2020 Census. 

Questions?

Contact Katie Mitten at [email protected] with any questions.