Door-to-Door Visits Begin Nationwide for 2020 Census

[Johnson, Charlotte (Cjohnson]

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The information below and attachments was sent today by our Census2020 Rep, Misti Hauger. Please review the information below and attachments. It has information on how Irion County is progressing in the Census and the different ways to respond to the Census, if you have not done so.

 

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From: Misti D Hauger (CENSUS/DN FED) [mailto:misti.d.hauger [at] 2020census.gov]
Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2020 1:55 PM
Subject: Census Update: Enumerators are Coming!

 

Door-to-Door Visits Begin Nationwide for 2020 Census

Census Takers to Follow Up With About 56 Million Households Nationwide

AUG. 11, 2020 — This week, the U.S. Census Bureau began following up with households nationwide that have not yet responded to the 2020 Census. Based on the current self-response rate of 63.3%, the Census Bureau estimates it will need to visit about 56 million addresses to collect responses in person. Up to 500,000 census takers across the country will go door to door to assist people in responding to the 2020 Census.

Census takers began following up with households on July 16 in a limited number of areas and added additional areas each week thereafter. Starting Aug. 9, all remaining offices began following up with households nationwide. Census takers have completed training on social distancing and safety protocols, will follow local public health guidelines, and will be required to wear a face mask when conducting follow-up visits.

“America has answered the call and most households responded to the census online, by phone or by mail,” said Census Bureau Director Dr. Steven Dillingham. “To ensure a complete and accurate count, we must now go door to door to count all of the households we have not heard back from. During this phase, you can still self-respond online (at 2020census.gov), by phone (at 844-330-2020), or by mailing your completed questionnaire.”

The Nonresponse Followup (NRFU) operation is the final stage of conducting the once-a-decade population count of everyone living in the United States. Households can still respond now by responding online at 2020census.gov, by phone at 844-330-2020, or by completing and mailing back the paper questionnaire they received. Households can respond online or by phone in one of 13 languages and find assistance in many more. Those that respond will not need to be visited to obtain their census response.

What Households Can Expect

In most cases, census workers will make up to six attempts at each housing unit address to count possible residents. This includes leaving notification of the attempted visit on the door. The notification will include reminder information on how to respond online, by paper or by phone. In addition, census workers may try to reach the household by phone to conduct the interview.

Census takers will go to great lengths to ensure that no one is missed in the census. After exhausting their efforts to do an in-person interview with a resident of an occupied housing unit, they will seek out proxy sources — a neighbor, a rental agent, a building manager or some other knowledgeable person familiar with the housing unit — to obtain as much basic information about the occupants as they can.

Census takers are hired from local communities. All census takers speak English, and many are bilingual. If a census taker does not speak the householder’s language, the household may request a return visit from a census taker who does. Census takers will also have materials on hand to help identify the household’s language.

How to Identify Census Takers

Census takers can be easily identified by a valid government ID badge with their photograph, a U.S. Department of Commerce watermark, and an expiration date on the badge. To confirm a census taker’s identity, the public may contact their regional census center to speak with a Census Bureau representative (Please see Misti’s contact information in the closing).

The Census Bureau Will Follow Up With Some Households by Phone

In order to minimize the need to send census takers to households in person, the Census Bureau is training census takers to follow up with households by phone. Using information provided to the Census Bureau and third-party purchased data, the Census Bureau has a strong contact list for both landlines and cellphones assigned to houses on the Census Bureau’s address list. These phone calls will enable the Census Bureau to have maximum flexibility for conducting field operations, and is one more method that census takers can use to reach nonresponding households. Phone calls will be used on an as-needed basis and when in-person contact attempts have not resulted in an interview. If a voicemail is available, the census taker will leave a message asking the household to call one of the Census Bureau’s call centers.

Census Response Representatives to Visit Low-Responding Areas

The Mobile Questionnaire Assistance (MQA) program will continue through Sept. 30. This is a separate activity from census takers going door to door. MQA representatives are in open, public places in the lowest-responding areas of the nation to encourage people to respond to the 2020 Census. These locations are where people naturally visit when leaving home and can be used to help increase self-response rates. MQA is part of the Census Bureau’s final push to encourage people to complete the 2020 Census.

About the 2020 Census

The U.S. Constitution mandates a census of the population every 10 years. The goal of the 2020 Census is to count everyone who lives in the United States on April 1, 2020 (Census Day). Census statistics are used to determine the number of seats each state holds in the U.S. House of Representatives and inform how billions of dollars in federal funds will be allocated by state, local and federal lawmakers annually for the next 10 years. 

 

Census Bureau Releases New Ads to Remind Households It’s Not Too Late to Respond 

August 10, 2020 | Release Number CB20-CN.91

Ads to Reach Audiences in 45 Languages Throughout the Country

AUG. 10, 2020 —­­­ As census takers start visiting neighborhoods across the country, the U.S. Census Bureau is launching the last phase of its “Shape Your Future. Start Here.” 2020 Census communications campaign with a new series of advertisements informing the public that there is still time to self-respond to the 2020 Census online, by phone or by mail. The ads are designed to reach 45 language-based audiences and will run from approximately Aug. 3 to Sept. 27.

The Census Bureau announced recently that it has begun to email households in low-response areas to encourage response to the 2020 Census.

The message alerts households that their response to the 2020 Census is important for shaping the future of their communities because they inform how billions of dollars in federal funds will be allocated for crucial public services and infrastructure like hospitals, roads and bridges, schools and emergency response.

Census takers have begun following up in person with households that have not yet responded on their own in select areas and started visiting communities nationwide on Aug. 9. When census takers visit households, they will wear face masks and follow local public health guidelines. 

To respond to the 2020 Census, please visit <www.2020census.gov>.

Current Response Rates can be found at https://2020census.gov/en/response-rates.html and are updated M-F at 3:00pm. I will try to send out an update every Tuesday so that we can see what happened over the weekend. You can keep an eye on your area and compare it to other areas across the nation. It shows how cities and towns across the country are now responding. You can narrow it by state, city, county, etc.

County (Big Country)	as of 8/10	2010 Rate	Differences
National	63.4%	66.5%	-3.1%
Texas	58.4%	64.4%	-6.0%
Callahan	54.2%	59.1%	-4.9%
Coleman	41.9%	52.3%	-10.4%
Fisher	48.8%	56.0%	-7.2%
Haskell	43.1%	55.0%	-11.9%
Jones	52.3%	63.4%	-11.1%
King	25.3%	41.6%	-16.3%
Knox	35.2%	53.9%	-18.7%
Nolan	52.9%	61.3%	-8.4%
Shackelford	44.1%	55.3%	-11.2%
Stonewall	30.8%	47.0%	-16.2%
Taylor	57.4%	68.1%	-10.7%
County (Concho Valley)
Irion	39.1%	55.4%	-16.3%
Schleicher	29.4%	49.8%	-20.4%
Tom Green	62.8%	68.2%	-5.4%
Military Bases
Dyess (Taylor - Tract 130)	27.4%	25.0%	2.4%
Dyess (Taylor - Tract 129)	60.3%	63.6%	-3.3%
Goodfellow (Tom Green - Tract 15)	43.5%	58.3%	-14.8%

 

 

YouTube videos to share:

What is the Census?
https://youtu.be/6kGAJ17kzig
 
Census Takers in Your Neighborhood
https://youtu.be/QuyfxxzHyuI

Census Takers in Your Neighborhood (short)
https://youtu.be/nUvJE9PQJtk

The Census Counts Everyone, Everywhere
https://youtu.be/geM55qA0NsU

The Census Benefits Everyone, Everywhere
https://youtu.be/JQZ7L30S_hM

Resources to Increase Accessibility for Everyone
https://youtu.be/S3rCwqP9ydY

El Censo Cuenta a Todas
https://youtu.be/K5X9ZB3G16g

The Census in East Coast Communities
https://youtu.be/ZtgvcetEPvQ

The Census in Rural Communities
https://youtu.be/J5lmX0X6EyE

The Census in West Coast Communities 
https://youtu.be/LylZ5mQvTvM

Census Takers Wearing PPE and Practicing Social Distancing
https://youtu.be/k8wH2bjru5g

 

 

Misti D. Hauger

Partnership Specialist, U.S. Census Bureau

Dallas Regional Census Center/Denver Region
Misti.D.Hauger [at] 2020Census.gov

(469) 993-7181

census.gov | @uscensusbureau

Find Jobs at: 2020Census.gov/job

Attachment: Notice of Visit_English and Spanish.pdf
Description: Notice of Visit_English and Spanish.pdf

Attachment: Stop the Knock.pdf
Description: Stop the Knock.pdf