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It’s census time. Here’s what it does, why it’s important, and what to expect amid COVID-19 NewsColony To help with the outreach to local communities, the Census Bureau adopted the tagline “Shape Your Future. Start Here.”  “The 2020 platform arose from that research, and has been rigorously tested to ensure that our campaign effectively communicates that when the public responds to the 2020 census, they will know they are helping to shape the future of their community for the next 10 years.” said Census Bureau Director Steve Dillingham in a press release . Census data is used in several different areas , including funding and resource allocation to congressional representation. In addition to funding, local and state governments, as well as nonprofit organizations, use census data to inform programming and service area needs.   What is the census? The decennial census is a count of all of the people in all fifty states and the five U.S. territories—American Samoa,...