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August 7, 2001 - PricewaterhouseCoopers Census Study:
CENSUS 2000 UNDERCOUNT COULD COST STATES BILLIONS

Estimated Effect of 2000 Census Undercount On Federal Funding for the State (thousands of dollars):
State 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2002-2012
Alabama -112 -341 -367 -396 -426 -459 -4,850
Alaska -293 -7,321 -7,945 -8,633 -9,363 -10,157 -108,455
Arizona -476 -5,317 -5,745 -6,216 -6,715 -7,258 -77,201
Arkansas -116 -1,172 -1,268 -1,373 -1,484 -1,606 -17,087
California -3,823 -102,112 -110,676 -120,163 -130,220 -141,153 -1,506,191
Colorado -100 -132 -135 -138 -141 -143 -1,429
Connecticut 184 245 249 254 259 264 2,635
Delaware -88 -90 -92 -93 -95 -97 -963
District of Columbia -106 -108 -110 -111 -113 -115 -1,145
Florida -488 -6,247 -6,766 -7,337 -7,942 -8,600 -91,641
Georgia -1,056 -14,265 -15,441 -16,735 -18,105 -19,598 -208,754
Hawaii -399 -7,180 -7,778 -8,437 -9,136 -9,896 -105,516
Idaho -198 -2,612 -2,826 -3,062 -3,311 -3,582 -38,145
Illinois 1,594 1,954 1,994 2,035 2,075 2,117 21,078
Indiana 971 15,518 16,804 18,220 19,720 21,354 227,572
Iowa 832 12,098 13,093 14,192 15,356 16,623 177,085
Kansas 583 8,653 9,366 10,153 10,986 11,893 126,708
Kentucky -122 -1,314 -1,423 -1,543 -1,669 -1,808 -19,253
Louisiana -348 -4,684 -5,075 -5,504 -5,959 -6,455 -68,794
Maine -89 -1,862 -2,020 -2,194 -2,378 -2,578 -27,516
Maryland -406 -514 -525 -535 -546 -557 -5,545
Massachusetts 744 953 971 991 1,010 1,029 10,258
Michigan 1,806 34,757 37,655 40,858 44,253 47,945 511,279
Minnesota 1,520 1,904 1,942 1,982 2,021 2,062 20,533
Mississippi -113 -857 -927 -1,004 -1,085 -1,174 -12,481
Missouri 1,570 35,315 38,302 41,589 45,072 48,867 521,486
Montana -110 -1,454 -1,575 -1,708 -1,848 -2,001 -21,326
Nebraska 431 7,579 8,212 8,908 9,647 10,450 111,424
Nevada -318 -425 -434 -443 -451 -461 -4,591
New Hampshire 7 7 8 8 8 8 79
New Jersey 162 136 139 142 144 147 1,455
New Mexico -394 -7,475 -8,100 -8,787 -9,516 -10,309 -109,930
New York 666 850 867 885 903 921 9,173
North Carolina -660 -11,064 -11,992 -13,013 -14,094 -15,273 -162,873
North Dakota 122 2,164 2,347 2,547 2,760 2,992 31,917
Ohio 2,539 54,039 58,567 63,566 68,864 74,629 796,077
Oklahoma -360 -3,439 -3,717 -4,023 -4,347 -4,700 -49,990
Oregon -143 -2,285 -2,476 -2,687 -2,910 -3,153 -33,623
Pennsylvania 1,446 45,229 49,075 53,322 57,823 62,723 669,759
Rhode Island 104 4,765 5,179 5,634 6,117 6,643 71,011
South Carolina -94 -629 -681 -738 -798 -863 -9,183
South Dakota 173 2,096 2,269 2,459 2,661 2,880 30,678
Tennessee -216 -2,636 -2,857 -3,100 -3,357 -3,638 -38,777
Texas -4,648 -69,361 -75,070 -81,350 -88,002 -95,247 -1,014,599
Utah -111 -1,202 -1,299 -1,404 -1,517 -1,639 -17,424
Vermont -73 -1,816 -1,971 -2,141 -2,322 -2,519 -26,894
Virginia -391 -5,974 -6,468 -7,011 -7,588 -8,215 -87,539
Washington -517 -12,489 -13,549 -14,715 -15,952 -17,299 -184,651
West Virginia -2 -139 -151 -164 -179 -194 -2,076
Wisconsin 974 17,143 18,570 20,143 21,810 23,624 251,858
Wyoming -58 -812 -879 -954 -1,032 -1,118 -11,920

Total, United States 0 -31,924 -34,726 -37,826 -41,114 -44,693 -478,297
Funding Gains 16,436 245,656 265,865 288,148 311,756 319,336 3,594,843
Funding Losses -16,436 -277,580 -300,591 -325,974 -352,870 -364,028 -4,073,140

Source: PricewaterhouseCoopers calculations.


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