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Census count finishes after Supreme Court ruling

Sunday, October 18, 2020

The U.S. Census count came to a close Thursday after the Supreme Court stayed a federal District Court decision and allowed the government to stop counting households two weeks early.

As of Friday, Hays County had a 61% self-response rate, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The county’s tally fell short of the statewide self-response rate of 62.8%.

Mountain City recorded the highest self-response rate in Hays County at 90.2%, while San Marcos had a rate of 48.1%.

Bear Creek had the second highest rate self-response rate at 83%. The City of Hays recorded a 79.6% response rate, Buda had a rate of 77.8% and Kyle rounded at the cities that recorded at least a 70% rate at 71.1%.

Dripping Springs tallied a 63.4% response rate as of Friday, while Woodcreek had a 62.4% rate and Wimberley was at 60%.

Uhland and Niederwald had response rates in the 50s at 58.4% and 56.8%, respectively.

Accurate census data helps the county fund programs such as Medicaid, CHIP, SNAP, Highway Planning & Construction, Federal Pell Grant, Head Start, National School Lunch, Section 8 Housing Vouchers, WIC, Low Income Home Energy Assistance, Unemployment Insurance, CDBG Disaster Recover Grants, Historic Preservation Fund, Small Business Development Grants, Violence Against Women Grants, Emergency Food Assistance Program, Assistance to Firefighters Grant and Public Housing Capital Fund.

Additionally, the census results influence decisions on highway construction, grants for buses, grants for teachers, programs to prepare for wildfires and floods, programs to prevent child abuse and programs to provide housing assistance for older adults, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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