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Rural NC resident bets on census response to boost funding
Carol Gardner of Balsam Grove proposed a $50 wager to encourage census completion, aiming to maximize federal funding and political influence for her small community. Across North Carolina rural areas lag in responses, threatening allocations tied to census data. Nationally about 1,600 per person per year is allocated, with CARES Act funds also based on 2010 data. North Carolina’s current 2020 response rate sits at 57 percent, well below earlier decades.
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Carol Gardner
Gardner
Balsam Grove
Hollers of Pisgah National Forest
North Carolina
Transylvania County
Washington University
U.S. Treasury Department
Tim Love
Buncombe County