ORLANDO, Fla. – In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. Census Bureau is conducting the 2020 census, marking the 24th time the country has counted the population.
Responding to the census is not only your civic duty, but it also affects the number of federal funding communities receives and how they’re represented in government.
Marilyn Stephens, the assistant regional census manager for the southeast, joined anchor Justin Warmoth on “The Weekly on ClickOrlando.com” to discuss the importance of the once-a-decade population count and how Americans are doing so far.
Stephens says 62 percent of the United States population has filled out the 2020 census, but she's concerned with the numbers for the Orlando region. "In Orlando, we're.