50 ways we rely on the Census
- Decision-making at all levels of government
- Reapportioning seats in the U.S. House of Representatives (435)
- Drawing federal, state and local legislative districts
- Drawing school district boundaries
- Budget planning for government
- Distribution of over $470 billion in federal funds
- Monitoring economic trends
- Forecasting future transportation needs
- Planning public transportation projects
- Planning for hospitals, nursing homes, clinics and other health services
- Planning health and education services for people with disabilities
- Forecasting future housing needs
- Forecasting population trends
- Directing funds to services for people living in poverty
- Directing services to children and adults with limited English skills
- Designing public safety strategies
- Urban planning
- Rural development
- Land use planning
- Charting local demographic changes
- Understanding local and regional labor supplies
- Estimating the number of people displaced by natural disasters
- Assessing the potential for spread of communicable diseases
- Developing assistance programs for low-income families
- Determining the local impact of Base Realignment and Closure programs
- Creating maps to speed emergency services to households
- Making informed business decisions
- Delivering goods and services to local markets
- Understanding consumer needs
- Designing facilities for the elderly, children and people with disabilities
- Helping community foundations identify the size and nature of their service areas
- Product planning
- Locating factory sites and distribution centers
- Evaluating risk and investment planning
- Setting community goals
- Producing economic and demographic reports about the United States and its people
- Standardizing public and private sector surveys
- Scientific research
- Comparing progress between different geographic areas
- Developing interactive maps for government and business
- Genealogical research
- Creating radius reports for business site location
- Researching school projects
- Establishing baseline demographics for medical research
- Developing adult education programs
- Media planning and research, background for news stories
- Historical research
- Evidence in litigation involving land use
- Locating areas eligible for federal housing assistance and rehab loans
- Attracting new businesses to an area
