Prince George’s Census Form Returns Lag

Prince George’s County is lagging badly in the race to return critical census forms.

Despite a concerted effort to get the word out, returns of U.S. Census Bureau forms lag in Baltimore, Washington, D.C. and Prince George’s County, Md.

According to the Census Bureau, Baltimore and Prince George’s are second and third to last among all jurisdictions in Maryland with rates of 49 and 52 percent respectively. D.C. ranks only slightly better than Baltimore at 51 percent.

With Baltimore, Prince George’s County and Washington, D.C. all in deep economic despair, local leaders said that it would behoove residents of the jurisdictions to get their forms in.

“A lot of financing which is crucial to public sector activities, taxes and support is dictated by the census results,” former Prince George’s County Executive and current Baltimore-based attorney Wayne Curry told the AFRO. “When you’re a community in need, that’s critically important.”

By comparison, Montgomery County, Md., Prince George’s County’s neighbor to the northwest, has a return rate of 61 percent. Nationwide, Newark, N.J. posted one of the lowest return rates of any metropolitan area, at 29 percent.



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