Eloy, Casa Grande make push for everyone to be counted in 2020 Census
Gov. Doug Ducey shows off a T-shirt that will be given to newborns at hospitals across the state to promote the message that parents need to include their children when they fill out the U.S. Census form.
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The cities and schools of Casa Grande and Eloy are working together overtime to make sure everyone, including winter visitors and especially young children, are counted for the U.S. Census.
U.S. residents can start filling out the nine-question census form online Thursday at www.my2020census.gov. The federal government will be sending out mailers to homes with a login code and information on how to fill out the census online, by phone or by mail between March 12 and March 20. Only one form per household should be filled out and everyone in the home should be counted on that form, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The deadline to turn in the form is July 31. Census workers will start knocking on doors of households that have not responded to the census by May 13.
“For everyone counted, our community receives nearly $3,000 per person annually for schools, roads, hospitals and more,” Casa Grande Public Information Officer Latonya Jordan-Smith stated in an email.
