DeKALB | The City of DeKalb is in the process of challenging the results of the 2010 census.

Doug Eaton, census liaison for the City of DeKalb, said there is a total discrepancy of 244 DeKalb residents in the census.

The city is filing a boundary challenge and a coverage challenge in response to the census counts from 2010, he said. A boundary challenge involves areas of DeKalb that were not listed as part of the city in the census. The majority of the boundary challenge concerns the Oak Crest Retirement Center, 2944 Greenwood Acres Drive.

Eaton said DeKalb’s coverage challenge is for the Northern View Community at Northern View Court.

“There are 175 people reported in a boundary challenge,” Eaton said. “Additionally, there are 69 people in a coverage challenge for the Northern View Community.”

According to the 2010 Census website, a coverage challenge may result in the addition or deletion of specific people and living quarters that were erroneously excluded as duplicates or due to processing errors.

Eaton said the 2010 census reported 158 residents in the Northern View Community, while the number of residents listed by NIU is about 228.

DeKalb Mayor Kris Povlsen said the city is challenging the results of the census because of loss of potential revenue from the federal government.

“The city gets revenue from the government that depends on the number of residents,” Povlsen said. “The fewer people per capita, the fewer dollars we get.”

DeKalb City Manager Mark Biernacki said the city will receive $250,000 a year for the next 10 years from the federal government, which amounts to about $100 per person from the current census numbers.

Eaton said the city is filing the challenges through the Count Question Resolution Program.

The census website states, “The Census Bureau established the 2010 Census Count Question Resolution (CQR) Program by which State, local and Tribal area elected officials may challenge their jurisdiction’s 2010 Census counts.”

Eaton said the CQR submittal process began June 1. The census website states if the results are changed, the updated results will be provided to city government. Those results can then be used for programs that require official 2010 census data.