…according to Nick Kuwada, manager of the county’s census office. This estimate was formed from a count of addresses through the Local Update of Census Addresses, which added about 70,000 new…
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COVID-19: Bay Area’s census count complicated by the coronavirus pandemic
…to fill out the census forms. Many of those organizations had planned to use the money on census-related events or for door-to-door outreach efforts in some of the Bay Area’s…
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Student Voices: Taking away immigrants’ fear of the census
Editor’s note: This is the seventh in a series of student produced stories looking at the 2020 census. The last census was in 2010, and I was eight years old…
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Three Bay Area counties tops in state for Census 2020 survey self-response rate
…to statistics compiled by the U.S. Census Bureau. While an accurate census count helps ensure Americans get the federal resources and political representation they’re due, households that responded on their…
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State leaders stress everyone counts in census push targeting Asian ethnic groups
…and Pacific Islander Heritage Month event. Currently, the census response rate in California is 61 percent while the national rate is about 60 percent. State Controller Betty Yee. Census officials…
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COVID-19: Fears over virus, data security worry census organizers
…said, referring to the house-by-house contacts made by census enumerators. Green said the Census Bureau is already behind in its hiring efforts and worries that potential new hires will be…
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With count mostly complete, census field work ends following Supreme Court ruling
…2020 Census. Self-response and field data collection operations for the 2020 Census will conclude on October 15, 2020.” The statement came on the heels of a decision earlier that day…
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Santa Cruz County ramps up count effort as census deadline looms
With the Census deadline only three weeks away, the Santa Cruz County Census Complete Count Committee is ramping up efforts to ensure all county residents are counted. Those efforts include…
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Bay Area census tally outpacing state, national response rates
…there is no question about citizenship status on the census forms. “Everyone should be counted in the census,” Marks said. “The census does not care about immigration and about citizenship.”…
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$1 billion in federal funding at stake as Contra Costa Co. preps for 2020 census
…a steering committee for outreach to ensure strong participation in the 2020 census. It is expected to include “census Saturdays and Sundays,” in which county staff will work with faith…