Some Los Angeles restaurants recently distributed free meal vouchers in an effort to boost census response rates./Credit: Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg/Getty Images
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This is what could happen if the 2020 census fails to count everyone in the US
If the 2020 census fails to count everyone in the US, experts warn that the consequences will be serious, widespread and long-lasting. The census is the basis for determining how many representatives each state gets in Congress and how an estimated 1.5 trillion dollars in federal funding are spent. It only happens once every 10 years.
