To ensure a complete count for the 2030 census, we need a statewide campaign to educate New Yorkers about the census now.
In 2020, New York lost a Congressional seat because 89 people did not fill out the census.
In addition to political representation, the census also determines how billions in federal funding for programs like Medicaid, Head Start, SNAP, school lunches, affordable housing, and highway planning and lets local governments know where to build new schools, hospitals, libraries, and fire stations.
Everyone relies on the census for accurate data including businesses, scientists, researchers, and students.
We need to get New Yorkers committed early to completing the 2030 census so we can get our fair share of federal funding for our communities. Join APA VOICE in our campaign to count every New Yorker in the 2030 census.
Congress introduces and passes laws that affect everyone in the U.S. They decide whether we go to war, budgets, provide universal affordable health care, immigration policy, federal minimum wage standards, and more. Population numbers also impact how political districts are drawn and the number of electoral votes each state gets to elect the President. New York gets 27 electoral votes because we currently have 25 House seats and 2 Senate seats. The Presidential candidate who gets 270 electoral votes wins.
