Census Bureau releases report analyzing correlation between census statistics and federal grant fund

The report takes into account the funding formulas used by the federal government to disburse billions of dollars of federal funds to areas around the country using information and data collected by the Census Bureau.

The report estimates that the federal government distributes $436 billion using population and income data compilied by the Census Bureau. The report underlies the importance of getting an accurate and complete count in the upcoming 2010 Census. View a pdf of the report here. Thanks to The Census Project’s news brief that pointed out this important study.