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Uses of Population and Income Statistics in Federal Funds Distribution – With a Focus on Census Bureau Data
Uses of Population and Income Statistics in Federal Funds Distribution – With a Focus on Census Bureau Data
GOVSRR2009-1
Executive Summary
This report provides a foundation for understanding how the uses of population and/or income data in eligibility criteria or funding formulae affect the distribution of federal funding. For fiscal year 2007, this study examines 140 federal grant and direct assistance programs that distributed funds. These programs are examined to better understand funding formulae and eligibility criteria that rely upon population and income data. This study has found that approximately $446.4 billion in federal grant and direct assistance money is annually distributed based in part or in whole on population and income data. Of the $446.4 billion allocated, approximately $435.7 billion is attributable to data from the U.S. Census Bureau (annual population estimates, Decennial Census data, and other Census Bureau sources) or may be reasonably assumed to be based on Census Bureau data. This report summarizes the distribution of monies and the use of population and/or income statistics in federal funds allocation.
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