The city of DeKalb could receive about $300,000 more in state and federal money, depending on the results of a special census.

The federal census is conducted every 10 years. Usually, suburbs with faster growth conduct a special census.

The special census will be conducted in areas of DeKalb where rapid growth has occurred since 2000, said Doug Eaton, planning technician for DeKalb.

The new census expects to count about 3,000 more people, said Linda Wiggins, director of administrative services.

The city receives about $100 per person. With the expected 3,000 extra people, DeKalb can get about $300,000 more, Wiggins said.

The door-to-door census will be conducted by a special census representative and local volunteers.

Questions will include age, gender, race and the number of people per household, Eaton said.

“We felt we had new growth and not everyone was counted,” Eaton added.

One deciding factor when choosing areas for the census was the buildings in those areas, Eaton said.

There was one apartment building where only 53 people were counted; however, there are about 82 units and 2.5 people can live in each.

“For a place like that, it should be about 200 people,” he said.

There are two major sources of tax revenue: city and state income tax and motor field tax.

“The state decides how much money each city gets,” Eaton said. “It goes up and down.”

The money from the motor field tax is used for street repair and paving. The state income tax proceeds go into the general fund.

The special census will begin Feb. 2 and will take three to four weeks to complete.

“We made sure to get the word out,” Eaton said. “We hope everyone will cooperate.”