Census 2020 efforts continue

The U.S. Census Bureau began sending reminder notice postcards this week to roughly 69 million households that have not yet responded to the 2020 Census.
About 53 percent of households across the country have already responded since invitations began arriving on March 12.
Those households that have not yet responded to the census will receive an in-person visit by a census taker to collect their information later this summer.  
According to the Census Bureau’s online response map tracking the nation’s participation in the census, almost 79 million households have already responded online, by phone or by mail.
The Census Bureau strongly encourages the public to respond online at 2020census.gove.
Households can respond online in English or 12 other languages or by phone.
Households can also respond by mail using the paper questionnaire that was recently mailed to every non-responding address.
Households that received a census invitation in the mail and have yet to respond will receive a paper questionnaire by April 30.
Households will receive another reminder postcard in the mail between April 27-May 9.
The Census Bureau pushed back this mailing to allow the paper questionnaire package to arrive several days ahead of the postcard.
The postcard is one reminder in a series of reminders that the Census Bureau has mailed non-responding households since mid-March urging them to respond.
Census takers will visit every address that does not respond on their own to collect responses in person.
 
Coronavirus and the Census
●The 2020 Census is underway and the most important and safe thing you can do is respond online, by phone, or by mail. It has never been easier to respond to the 2020 Census.
●Responding now will minimize the need for the Census Bureau to send census takers out into communities to follow up with households.
 
Here’s what to know
●The census counts every person living in the United States, regardless of age or citizenship status, every 10 years in years ending in 0.
●It’s in the Constitution. It’s important
●It’s about money, power, and data.
●Every 10 years we help decide how taxpayer dollars come back to our communities. The 2020 Census will help to distribute billions of dollars in federal resources to your community.
●Our community gets resources based on census population counts, which help pay for hospitals, emergency services, schools, roads, and more.
●An accurate and complete census helps businesses, community leaders and elected officials make informed decisions every day.
 
It’s easy
 For the first time, people can respond online and by phone, in addition to the mail-in option. Your response impacts funding for your community for critical services for the next 10 years.
The next decennial census happens in 2030.
 
It’s safe and confidential
Your data is protected and it’s confidential. Federal law protects your responses, which cannot be shared with law enforcement, immigration agencies, or housing authorities.