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Southwest Kansas counties record low census response rates

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Census organizers in Kansas are ramping up efforts to get people counted, particularly in southwestern counties where response rates are low. 

Fifteen percent to 30% of residents in Morton, Stanton, Haskell and Lane counties have responded to census forms delivered to their homes. Kansas as a whole has a 65% self-response rate, on par with most other states. The League of Kansas Municipalities is now mailing advertising to areas with less than a 40% self-response rate to encourage participation. 


Census data helps determine how much federal funding state and local governments receive.