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FAITH LAPIDUS: Nevada had the largest population growth in percentage terms during the last ten years. Nevada’s population grew by about thirty-five percent.
The state with the largest population is California. More than thirty-seven million people live there. Wyoming has the smallest population of all the fifty states, at about half a million people.
STEVE EMBER: So why do these numbers matter to the federal government? The results of the United States Census decide how many seats each state will have in the House of Representatives.
The count also guides how more than four hundred billion dollars a year in federal assistance is divided. The more people counted, the more money the states can receive.
This federal money goes to help pay for things like roads, schools and health care.
FAITH LAPIDUS: Officials say about seventy percent of the population took part in last year’s census. An estimated one hundred thirty-four million households were contacted for the census.
Census forms are sent by mail. Census workers visit households that do not return their forms.
For the first time, the Census Bureau sent out millions of bilingual questionnaires. These were in printed English and Spanish. People could request forms in fifty-nine other languages, including Chinese, Korean and Russian.
Census records are made public after seventy-two years. Until then, federal law bars the Census Bureau from sharing individual records with any other agency, such as immigration or anti-terrorism officials.
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