Census Bureau Has a ‘Homework Assignment’ for Cities and Counties

Route Fifty: The 2020 Census may be two years away but the federal agency that manages the constitutionally-mandated decennial population count is in preparation mode. And while city and county governments aren’t officially responsible for the count, they do have an important role to play in helping the U.S. Census Bureau.

“We need you to make sure [that everyone knows] how important the census is to residents,” Philip Lutz, a Philadelphia-based assistant regional census manager, told a packed convention center hall on Monday at the International City / County Management Association’s annual conference, which started this weekend in Baltimore.

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