The U.S. Census ended late last week, halting the work of volunteers who thought they had another two weeks to encourage people to fill out their Census forms. But the once-in-a-decade count ended Thursday night after the Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration’s request to end the process early.
It was the third change to the deadline in recent weeks. And it had voluteers in communities like Worcester working quickly to encourage residents to fill out their Census before time was up.
The Census helps determine, among other things, how the federal government will dole out hundreds of billions of dollars in funding to communities over the next decade. More people counted means more money for a given community. Worcester is among the Massachusetts communities that have historically been undercounted.
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