The Census Bureau announced this week that it will be suspending
all field operations from March 18 until April 1, 2020. However,
the public will still be able to submit their census forms online
at 2020census.gov during
this time. As of March 18, more than eleven million households
had responded.
In an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19),
the Bureau’s COVID-19 Task Force will continue to evaluate how
they can limit in-person interactions while the outbreak is
ongoing. The Bureau had announced last week that it would delay
the start of its first round of door-knocking in college towns
until April 23.
By this time, most households should have received their
invitation to participate in the census by mail. The results of
the census affect how billions of dollars are appropriated to
state and local governments each year and provide the population
information counties will use when they redraw their
supervisorial districts ahead of the 2022 elections.
