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请教英语句子怎么解释?
States that are hurting financially depend on the federal government for about twenty percent of their money. 这句怎么解释?上下文环境为：
Census forms have been mailed across America. Every ten years since seventeen ninety the Constitution has required a population count.
The results decide how many seats each state will have in the House of Representatives. The numbers will also decide how more than four hundred billion dollars a year in federal assistance is divided.
States that are hurting financially depend on the federal government for about twenty percent of their money. The more people counted, the more money the states can receive.