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Fewer than six out of ten Floridians have filled put their census forms and the deadline to is rapidly approaching.<\/p>\n

The pandemic has made the count more difficult, but also more important than ever.<\/p>\n

<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Florida is trailing the national response rate by nearly three percentage points.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are seeing low census return rates especially in our communities of color,\u201d said Orlando State Representative Anna V. Eskamani.<\/p>\n<p>Marilyn Stephens, an Assistant Regional Manager for the Census Bureau said the numbers are a sign the state needs to do better.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-61501 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/2020\/07\/24\/florida-census-response-lagging\/census-dilemma\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Census-Dilemma-200x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Census-Dilemma-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Census-Dilemma-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Census-Dilemma.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/2020\/07\/24\/florida-census-response-lagging\/census-dilemma00000003\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Census-Dilemma00000003-200x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Census-Dilemma00000003-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Census-Dilemma00000003-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Census-Dilemma00000003.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/2020\/07\/24\/florida-census-response-lagging\/census-dilemma00000005\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Census-Dilemma00000005-200x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Census-Dilemma00000005-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Census-Dilemma00000005-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Census-Dilemma00000005.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>“So Florida’s not pleased with where it is right now and that’s why we are working so hard on this push to get more households to self respond,\u201d said Stephens.<\/p>\n<p>The count is used to allocated congressional districts, but more importantly it influences the allocation of funding.<\/p>\n<p>“For infrastructure, healthcare, education,\u201d said Stephens.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in 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landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/2020\/07\/24\/florida-census-response-lagging\/census-dilemma00000002\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Census-Dilemma00000002-200x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Census-Dilemma00000002-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Census-Dilemma00000002-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Census-Dilemma00000002.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/2020\/07\/24\/florida-census-response-lagging\/census-dilemma00000007\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Census-Dilemma00000007-200x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Census-Dilemma00000007-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Census-Dilemma00000007-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Census-Dilemma00000007.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>And also, pandemic relief funding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust look at the CARES Act. Right? The CARES Act was saying that cities or counties of over 500,000 can draw the money down themselves, whereas everyone else had to go through the state. Well that count of 500,000 comes from a census count,\u201d said Miami State Senator Oscar Braynon.<\/p>\n<p>There’s three primary ways of responding to the census.<\/p>\n<p>You can return your form via mail.<\/p>\n<p>You can also respond via phone by calling 844-330-2020 and for the first time ever <a href=\"http:\/\/2020census.gov\/\">you can respond online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And Florida politicians are working to get the message out<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know for us in our legislative office we have been posting online reminders and links daily,\u201d said Eskamani.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-61501 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/2020\/07\/24\/florida-census-response-lagging\/census-dilemma00000008\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Census-Dilemma00000008-200x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Census-Dilemma00000008-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Census-Dilemma00000008-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Census-Dilemma00000008.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/2020\/07\/24\/florida-census-response-lagging\/census-dilemma00000001\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Census-Dilemma00000001-200x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Census-Dilemma00000001-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Census-Dilemma00000001-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Census-Dilemma00000001.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/2020\/07\/24\/florida-census-response-lagging\/census-dilemma00000006\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Census-Dilemma00000006-200x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Census-Dilemma00000006-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Census-Dilemma00000006-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Census-Dilemma00000006.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>And State Democrats like Senator Braynon want to see the Governor play a lager role.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I’ve never heard him mention it. And he’s kind of declined to get that involved in the census,\u201d said Braynon.<\/p>\n<p>The deadline to respond is October 31st, but the Bureau is encouraging everyone to fill it out as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>While the pandemic has delayed the door knocking campaign to reach out to non-respondents, 500,000 census workers will begin their face to face work next month.<\/p>\n<p>You can apply for a census job at <a href=\"http:\/\/2020census.gov\/\">2020census.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fewer than six out of ten Floridians have filled put their census forms and the deadline to is rapidly approaching. The pandemic has made the count more difficult, but also more important than ever. 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