Determines the number of seats each state has in the U.S. House of Representatives
Defines congressional and state legislative districts, school districts and voting precincts
Determines the annual allocation of $675 billion dollars in federal funding -
Medicaid, SNAP, Hwy Planning, Section 8 Housing, Special Education Grants, S-CHIP, Title I Grants, National School Lunch Program, WIC, Head Start, Foster Care, Health Center Programs
Provides insight to governments, business and community planning groups for planning purposes
Provides population benchmarks for nearly every other United States survey