2010 Census was $1.6 billion under budget - Federal Eye -

Congress budgeted $14.7 billion for this year's headcount, which began in 1999 with early planning meetings. More than half of the money was spent this year,

The Census Bureau managed to return $305 million from a $7 billion total budget in 2000.

72 percent response rate matched the 2000 Census and helped control costs on the labor-intensive follow up process.

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