The push is on in Koochiching County to get every person in the county counted in this year's U.S. Census.
Speaking recently to members of International Falls Chamber of Commerce, County Commissioner Mike Hansen says its important people fill out the census.
"There's $400-billion in federal aid put out to the States bases on population," said Hanson. "Almost everyone of our cap agencies in the county, almost all of their funding is related to how many people we have."
Officials are focusing their attention on ensuring students learning outside the county and seniors wintering in other states report Koochiching County as being their main place of residency.
