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City of Mounds View Staff He To: From: Item Title/Subject: Item No: 01 Meeting Date: July 1, 2019 Type of Business: WS City Administrator Review: �rt Honorable Mayor and City Council Jon Sevald, Community Development Director 2020 Census — Michael Gold-Biss & James Accurso, of the US Census Bureau Introduction: Census Staff have requested time to meet with the City Council to discuss; (1) establishing a local Complete Count Committee; and (2) opportunities to recruit Census Enumerators. Discussion: Federal, state, and regional agencies provide population estimates for Mounds View. 2018 estimates are; 13,1881, 1373272; and 13,3283. Each agency uses a slightly different method, but all estimates use the Decennial Census as the base -line. Mounds View's 2010 Census population was 12,155 (baseline for annual population estimates, and long-range forecasts). Census Day is April 1 Sc of every tenth year (April 1, 2020). Census estimates are used for a number of reasons, including: • Establishing Congressional district boundaries. Minnesota has a high potential of losing a US Representative seat to another state. • Establishing Federal funding allocations. Minnesota received $15.5 billion in federal funding, or $28,000 per person over a ten year period. • Real Estate Site Selectors, or consultants who advise corporations on properties to locate businesses or to expand their customer territories. Population changes are one of many factors, in addition to traffic counts, household income (sourced from the Census), and competition. • School Districts, as part of more detailed population forecasts, used to determine school expansions, closures, and classroom sizes. • Local Government Aid (LGA), formula based on population. • North Suburban Hospital District dissolvent; Mounds View received an $827,000 payment, of which $331,000 was based on the City's population share. Accuracy of Census counts is important. Mounds View is divided into four Census tracts, generally dividing the city into quadrants. The southeast quadrant has been identified as a Hard to Count community because of its 75% response rate during the 2010 Census (the other three quadrants had 84%, 86%, and 89% response rates). The uncounted 25% in the southeast corner of the City amounts to hundreds of residents. The Minnesota Demographic Center and Minnesota Council on Foundations are partnering with local governments and non -profits to form Complete Count Committees (CCC), focused on outreach in communities that are historically hard to count. This will include a state-wide multi- lingual media campaign that will become more visible as Census Day approaches. 1 US Census Bureau, 2018 American Community Survey a Minnesota Demographic Center, Total Population, 2017 s Metropolitan Council, 2018 Preliminary Estimate