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2020 Census Self-Response Rate Data

Are you curious about how many people in your community are responding to the 2020 Census? Use these interactive data visualizations to review response rates from 2010 and 2020 in your state, city, town, or neighborhood. You can even challenge others in your community to participate!

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2020 Census Response Rate Map

The 2020 Census response rate map shows how cities and towns across the country are now responding.  Explore Map

Video: How To Use the Response Rate Map

Learn how to use the response rate map on your device to get the latest information. Watch Video

230 Years and Counting

Who Conducted the First Census in 1790?

A few days before leaving New York City, the first capital of the young United States of America, Congress passed the First Census Act of 1790.

The Act echoed the Constitution, calling for an “actual Enumeration…within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct.” 

Learn more about the story behind the numbers from the America Counts team.

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How You Can Get Involved

Responding to the census is important because it helps inform funding for key public services for your community like education programs and schools, hospitals and healthcare, roads and bridges, and emergency and disaster response. Everyone can play a role in the 2020 Census by sharing information on their social media channels about the importance of responding and how shaping your future starts with the census. 

• Encourage people to respond as soon as they receive their invitation in the mail. 
• Explore 2020 Census response rate data using the API or access data for all dates of collection and shape files used to build the response rate map.
• A member of our Developer Community has created a repository of supplementary data and code for programmatic use of the response rates including:
  • geojson per state that has the daily stats from the api 
  • a version mapped to the 2010 tracts
  • some helpful tools for python users
• Join our Developer Community on Slack

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Try the Census API Extract Creator

This unique interactive platform allows you to compose an API call that extracts the selected 5-Year American Community Survey (ACS) variables. The data points come from Data Profile, Subject, and Detailed Profile tables representing over 135,000 variables.

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We're looking for your feedback to help make these important ACS data points easier to access for all of our data users.

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Note: This visualization works best with the Chrome browser on a laptop or desktop.

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