As The Deadline For 2020 Census Approaches, Local Officials Urge Its Importance

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The deadline for the census is at the end of the month. Locally, community leaders are asking for everyone to be counted to reap the benefits from the federal government.
Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald (D) says about 72 percent of the county has participated so far.
“We want to keep pushing those numbers up. We want everybody to participate, and you still have time,” he told KDKA.
He said the census will help to determine how much federal funding