ROCK ISLAND, Ill. — During the U.S. Census, the more than 325 million Americans are counted to see who lives where.
As News 8's Jim Mertens reported earlier in March, the U.S. Census form asks for your name, gender, birthday, phone number, address, whether you rent or own, if you have a mortgage, do you live in an apartment or house, how many people live there, and what's your race or ethnicity.
The census count's used to redraw boundaries of congressional and legislative districts. It's also used to distribute billions of dollars in state and local governments.
Thursday, March 12, I had Breakfast With... Denise Bulat. She's the Executive Director of the Bi-State Regional Commission. She explained why filling out the census is so important. To see her answer, click on the link below.
Bulat says there's a chance Illinois loses a congressional seat after the census, and Iowa likely won't. She does think the Quad Cities' population will "at least stay steady and grow moderately for the next 20 or 30 years." To see her answer on the Illinois and Iowa Quad Cities' population individually, click on the video below.
