Demographic Trends, Characteristics, and Population Projections for Texas and Tarrant County

Demographic Trends, Characteristics, and Population Projections for Texas and Tarrant County
Women’s Policy Forum of Tarrant County
May 6, 2020
@TexasDemography
A complete and accurate count is essential for Texas.

CENSUS 2020

• Every ten years, the country conducts a census to count every person in the United States.
• The next count will take place April 1, 2020.
• Census counts used to reapportion the U.S. House of Representatives, determining how many seats each state gets.
• Census counts also used to determine the number of electoral college votes a state gets.
• Census counts used by state officials to redraw congressional and state legislative boundaries to account for population shifts.
• Census derived data are used to allocate over $1.5 trillion in federal funds to support healthcare, education, transportation, or other service programs.

CENSUS 2020

• Businesses rely on Census data for market research, locations, and economic development.
• Census derived data are used to allocate over $1.5 trillion in federal funds to support healthcare, education, transportation, or other service programs.

Census Derived Funding in Texas

In FY 2017, Texas received $101 billion in federal funding for programs that use Census derived data.
Source: Reamer, Andrew; George Washington Institute of Public Policy, Counting for Dollars

Census Derived Funding in Texas, FY 2017

Program	FY2017 Funding
Medicare	$ 50,065,391,000
Medicaid	$ 21,078,511,000
Other programs	$ 11,665,742,000
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program	$ 5,805,152,000
Highway Planning and Construction	$ 2,172,810,000
National School Lunch Program	$ 1,433,344,000
Title I Grants to Local Education Agencies	$ 1,415,074,000
State Children's Health Insurance Program	$ 1,382,120,000
Special Education Grants	$ 1,037,782,000
Head Start	$ 626,118,000
School Breakfast Program	$ 558,932,000
Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children	$ 501,349,000
Child and Adult Care Food Program	$ 367,326,000
Federal Transit Formula Grants	$ 299,620,000
Child Care and Development Block Grant	$ 292,750,000
Vocational Rehabilitation Grants to the States	$ 278,589,000
Health Care Centers	$ 252,786,000
Child Care Mandatory and Matching Funds	$ 224,538,000
Title IV-E Foster Care	$ 207,520,000
Supporting Effective Instruction State Grants	$ 169,159,000