America Counts: Stories Behind the Numbers

Reaching Out to the Young and Mobile to Respond to the 2020 Census

More than half of the 18- to 24-year-olds in the United States live with their parents and will be counted in their parents’ home when the 2020 Census begins this spring.

The other 45% of young adults don’t live at home and are considered less likely to respond because they are what the U.S. Census Bureau calls “young and mobile.”

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These 18- to 24-year-olds are living on their own or with roommates, and tend to be unmarried and renters. Many have moved so frequently that surveys and mailings from the Census Bureau may never reach them.

It’s important for young adults to participate because their answers will help shape their futures. The count will determine how many seats each state gets in the U.S. House of Representatives. It will also inform the distribution of billions of dollars a year in federal funding for public programs that many young adults value, including pedestrian-friendly urban development and public transit. Continue Reading...

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