Preparing for the 2030 Census with Robert Rhatigan – June 10 at 3pm 

The National Conference of State Legislators has alerted us that it is time to start planning for the 2030 Census. Please join us for a discussion of the 2030 Census

Our presenter will be Robert Rhatigan

Robert is the director of UNM's Geospatial and Population Studies Center and the New Mexico State Demographer, serving as the state's liaison to the U.S. Census Bureau. In 2017, Governor Susana Martinez appointed him as state liaison to the Local Update of Census Addresses program, and in 2019 Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham appointed him to the New Mexico 2020 Complete Count Commission. He has served on a National Academies of Sciences working group focused on improving the quality of the 2020 Census, and in 2021 he served on the New Mexico Citizen Redistricting Committee as an independent voter appointed by the New Mexico State Ethics Commission.

New Mexico has had a constant problem with some of our communities being undercounted. That has especially true for Native Americans and first generation immigrant families. Undercounting hurts their ability to be properly represented. It also can be a detriment to receiving federal funding. Many federal funds are allocated on the basis of population

There will be plenty of time for questions