Spending 10 minutes to complete a census form brings in thousands of dollars to Sandoval County!

According to ICountNM, the website of the Statewide Complete Count Commission, for every New Mexican not counted in the census, the state loses $37,450 over the next 10 years.

Rio Rancho would lose more than $27.7 million in 10 years if just 1 percent of the city’s population went uncounted, according to the website.Sandoval County would lose close to $42.4 million under the same circumstances.

Rio Rancho Observer, Monday, March 30