San Marcos has 26 days left to complete the 2020 Census, which determines how billions of taxpayer dollars flow back into the community for the next 10 years.
Funding for health clinics, fire departments, schools, roads and highways is all distributed based on population counts in the census. An inaccurate count directly impacts whether a community gets its fair share of funding for these social services and their ability to provide for the real number of residents. It also impacts accurate political representation as districts are redrawn and reapportioned.
County Judge Ruben Becerra revealed in the City of San Marcos’s SMTX 2020 on Wednesday that San Marcos is last in the county for census responses with only 46% counted. Hays County as a whole is 58.9% counted.
