Folket\u00e6llingen i 2020 i Ventura County var g\u00e5et s\u00e5 godt, siger embedsm\u00e6nd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Amtet var g\u00e5et fra at v\u00e6re et af dem, der havde st\u00f8rst risiko for at blive talt for lidt, til et af dem, der havde mindst risiko, siger de.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The percentage of county residents who had thus far taken the census \u2014 72 percent as of this week \u2014 was higher than the state and national percentages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alt s\u00e5 ud til at v\u00e6re i orden med en fuldst\u00e6ndig opt\u00e6lling inden fristen den 31. oktober, hvilket ville sikre den fulde m\u00e6ngde f\u00f8derale midler - milliarder af dollars - der kommer til amtet i l\u00f8bet af det n\u00e6ste \u00e5rti.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Og s\u00e5 kom U.S. Census Bureau med nogle d\u00e5rlige nyheder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Director Steven Dillingham announced Monday that the count, which began March 12, was going to end a month earlier \u2014 Sept. 30 \u2014 \u201cto accelerate the completion of data collection and apportionment counts by our statutory deadline of Dec. 31, as required by law \u2026 without sacrificing completeness.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vanessa Bechtel, CEO for nonprofitorganisationen Ventura County Community Foundation, som har indsamlet omkring $1,7 millioner til markedsf\u00f8ring for at f\u00e5 budskabet ud til beboerne om at deltage i folket\u00e6llingen, var ikke glad for nyheden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s really unfortunate,\u201d she said Tuesday. \u201cWe had developed a strategy that was going to take us through October and we really needed that time to do more outreach in person as things were (possibly) going to start reopening.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
En stigning i antallet af COVID-19-tilf\u00e6lde i Californien har i stedet f\u00f8rt til en strengere nedlukning i hele staten, herunder i Ventura County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSo, this is going to be very difficult,\u201d Bechtel said. \u201cWe\u2019re going to have to figure out how we adjust to the new count deadline, develop a more urgent strategy and just do the best we can to get a complete count.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An undercount would have \u201cdisastrous\u201d financial consequences for Ventura County, she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hver person, der ikke t\u00e6lles, repr\u00e6senterer et ansl\u00e5et tab p\u00e5 $2.000 \u00e5rligt i 10 \u00e5r i f\u00f8derale midler til amtet, sagde hun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hvis 100.000 mennesker gik glip af noget, ville det betyde et tab p\u00e5 $2 milliarder til sundhedspleje, sociale ydelser, retsh\u00e5ndh\u00e6velse, virksomhedsl\u00e5n, vandsystemer, transport og andre ydelser, sagde hun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An estimated 596,000 county residents have been counted so far, Bechtel said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some 250,000 residents still need to be counted, she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the 2010 census, the county\u2019s population was 823,318.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As of July 1, 2019, it was estimated to have risen to 846,006, the Census Bureau says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Onsdag blev der p\u00e5 et hastem\u00f8de i styregruppen for Ventura County 2020 Complete Count Committee formuleret en ny plan for at fors\u00f8ge at opn\u00e5 en fuldst\u00e6ndig opt\u00e6lling p\u00e5 trods af den forkortede deadline, sagde Bechtel, som er medformand for udvalget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Udvalget best\u00e5r af fonden, folket\u00e6llingsmedarbejdere, lokale nonprofitorganisationer, amtet, byer, trosbaserede grupper og serviceklubber, sagde hun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The new strategy includes additional paid media marketing, \u201ccensus caravans\u201d \u2014 parades of cars driving through neighborhoods alerting residents about the census \u2014 and perhaps most importantly, business outreach, she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bechtel said she thinks the updated plan will help assure a complete count.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEspecially the business outreach because we know employers can help dramatically reaching out to their employees,\u201d she said. \u201cThat is critical.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Folket\u00e6llingen, som if\u00f8lge forfatningen skal gennemf\u00f8res hvert 10. \u00e5r, har til form\u00e5l at t\u00e6lle hele USA's befolkning, if\u00f8lge Census Bureau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
F\u00f8derale midler, tilskud og st\u00f8tte til stater, amter og lokalsamfund er baseret p\u00e5 befolkningstal og opdelinger efter k\u00f8n, alder, race og andre faktorer, siger bureauet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Opt\u00e6llingen afg\u00f8r ogs\u00e5, hvor mange pladser delstaterne f\u00e5r i USA's Repr\u00e6sentanternes Hus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Baseret p\u00e5 f\u00f8deral forskning blev Ventura County for et par \u00e5r siden rangeret af bureauet som et af de mest udsatte amter i landet for en undert\u00e6lling i folket\u00e6llingen i 2020, sagde Bechtel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
P\u00e5 en liste over 3.000 risikoamter blev Ventura County rangeret som det 59. mest udsatte amt, sagde hun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bechtel said that was due to income, educational and geographic barriers, as well as many residents lacking internet access. The census is being conducted largely online, she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Som reaktion p\u00e5 den d\u00e5rlige placering gik de forskellige samfundsgrupper, der udg\u00f8r komiteen for fuldst\u00e6ndig opt\u00e6lling, sammen om at l\u00f8se problemet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd we committed to not let that be our reality,\u201d Bechtel said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Engagementet betalte sig, sagde hun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Amtet er nu rangeret af Census Bureau i top 10 procent af amterne i landet for en n\u00f8jagtig opt\u00e6lling, sagde hun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI think we\u2019ve really turned it around,\u201d she said<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Den gunstige placering er baseret p\u00e5, hvor mange mennesker i amtet, der hidtil er blevet talt, hvilket spores af Census Bureau, sagde Bechtel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I onsdags havde Moorpark den h\u00f8jeste procentdel af alle byer i Ventura County af indbyggere, der har deltaget i folket\u00e6llingen, nemlig 79,2 procent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Port Hueneme havde den laveste andel p\u00e5 63,9 procent, hvilket ikke desto mindre er h\u00f8jere end den nationale andel, bem\u00e6rkede Bechtel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Coronapandemien har forhindret bestr\u00e6belserne p\u00e5 at f\u00e5 en fuldst\u00e6ndig opt\u00e6lling, sagde Bechtel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For eksempel er opt\u00e6llingen i \u00f8jeblikket i en fase, hvor folket\u00e6llingsmedarbejdere skulle have bes\u00f8gt folk, der endnu ikke har gennemf\u00f8rt unders\u00f8gelsen, men det har de ikke kunnet p\u00e5 grund af COVID-19-restriktioner, siger hun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Og planerne om at placere n\u00e6sten 200 kiosker med folket\u00e6llingsoplysninger i hele amtet er ikke blevet realiseret p\u00e5 grund af sundhedsm\u00e6ssige bekymringer, sagde hun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSo, COVID really has been disruptive,\u201d she said. \u201cBut we\u2019re resilient and we all just said, \u2018OK, this is our new world. We need to do things differently.\u2019 \u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For at udfylde folket\u00e6llingen online og for mere information om folket\u00e6llingen, g\u00e5 til\u00a0my2020census.gov.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n