---
"title": "Dollars and Census"
"description": "A Brookings Institution report released today analyzes in detail the federal money that is distributed to states and localities each year based on results of the once-a-decade census."
"date": "2010-03-09"
"authors":
  -
    "name": "D’Vera Cohn"
    "job_title": "Former Senior Writer/Editor"
    "link": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/staff/dvera-cohn/"
"url": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/social-trends/2010/03/09/dollars-and-census/"
---

# Dollars and Census

A [Brookings Institution report](http://www.brookings.edu/research/reports/2010/03/09-census-dollars) released today analyzes in detail the federal money that is distributed to states and localities each year based on results of the once-a-decade census. It concludes that in fiscal year 2008, “215 federal domestic assistance programs, or 15.9 percent of all programs, used census-related datasets to help guide the distribution of $446.7 billion.”

Because of recently added federal economic stimulus funding, it is likely that more than $500 billion a year will be spent based on the 2010 Census, according to the report.

Accompanying the report are tables that display the level of federal census-guided funding for states, large metropolitan areas and large counties.