Census in the Time of COVID

Census in the Time of COVID

Census Taker PPE

U.S. Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham discusses adjustments to the 2020 Census amid the COVID-19 pandemic on the Director's Blog.

"In carrying out our mission and wide range of responsibilities – from the 2020 Census to our many national surveys – we must protect the health and safety of those we serve and employ." –Director Steven Dillingham

Statement from the Census Bureau and CDC on 2020 Census Follow-Up

In carrying out our respective missions, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are committed to protecting the health and safety of those we serve and employ. This is particularly important during the current COVID-19 health crisis.

Participation in 2020 Census interviews should present a low risk of transmission of COVID-19. 

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This Week is 2020 Census Asian Week of Action!

Asian Week of Action

Help us reach hard-to-count Asian communities and let them know that time is almost up to fill out the 2020 Census! Find resources to support your outreach on our website.

State by State Total Response Rates

Response Rates Map - August 2020

The Census Bureau has ramped up efforts across the country so everyone is counted.

  • We're training census takers to follow up with households by phone.
  • We're contacting nonresponding households by mailing an additional paper questionnaire.
  • We're emailing households with a response rate lower than 50% to remind them to respond.

More than 75% of households have now been counted in the 2020 Census. Check out what percentage of households in your state have been counted by census takers, as well as total response rates from across the country. When more households self-respond to the census, census takers will have fewer households to visit.

See Total Response Rates

New Nonresponse Followup Materials to Support Your Outreach

COIL Video Database

Get Out the Count Video Database: To help get the word out about the 2020 Census, the Census Open Innovation Labs recently launched a video database with hundreds of searchable videos from the Get Out the Count Video Prize Challenge. Find content that speaks to your community and share it!

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Launch of Phase 2 Small Business Pulse Survey

Masked restaurant worker outside handing masked customer a to-go order

In mid-May, the Census Bureau pioneered a new weekly survey to take the pulse of how America’s small businesses were faring in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.

The survey was so successful that on August 9, the Census Bureau launched Phase 2 with responses expected every Thursday at 10 a.m.

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Parents Juggle Work and Child Care During Pandemic

At home, a mother juggles her work with helping her kids with school-related tasks.

Working mothers in states with early stay-at-home orders and school closures were 53.2% more likely to take leave from their jobs than working mothers in states where closures happened later, according to new research by the U.S. Census Bureau and Federal Reserve.

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