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Response Rates - Data: All States 2003
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United States
All States 2004
All States 2003
All States 2002
All States 2001
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Alabama
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All States 2003
Response Rates and Reasons for Noninterviews
(in percent)
Reason for Noninterviews
State
Year
Response Rate
Refusal
Unable to Locate
No One Home
Temporarily Absent
Language Problem
Insufficient Data
Other
United States
2003
96.7
1.7
0.3
0.6
0.1
0.0
0.3
0.2
Alabama
2003
97.2
1.4
0.4
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.4
0.4
Alaska
2003
93.2
3.2
0.9
1.1
0.8
0.0
0.2
0.5
Arizona
2003
97.2
1.0
0.5
0.5
0.1
0.0
0.4
0.2
Arkansas
2003
97.8
1.0
0.4
0.2
0.2
0.0
0.5
0.0
California
2003
95.9
2.1
0.4
0.6
0.3
0.0
0.3
0.5
Colorado
2003
97.6
1.4
0.2
0.3
0.1
0.0
0.4
0.2
Connecticut
2003
96.7
2.1
0.1
0.5
0.1
0.1
0.3
0.2
Delaware
2003
97.0
1.5
0.4
0.3
0.0
0.0
0.5
0.3
District of Columbia
2003
88.5
4.0
0.5
5.2
0.3
0.2
0.5
0.9
Florida
2003
97.5
1.3
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.0
0.4
0.1
Georgia
2003
97.2
1.7
0.3
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.4
0.2
Hawaii
2003
95.7
2.4
0.1
0.4
0.2
0.0
0.3
0.8
Idaho
2003
96.6
2.1
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.0
0.4
0.3
Illinois
2003
96.9
1.5
0.3
0.5
0.1
0.0
0.3
0.3
Indiana
2003
98.1
0.9
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.0
0.4
0.0
Iowa
2003
98.2
0.8
0.2
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.5
0.0
Kansas
2003
98.2
0.9
0.2
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.3
0.1
Kentucky
2003
97.5
0.9
0.5
0.5
0.1
0.0
0.4
0.2
Louisiana
2003
96.6
1.8
0.2
0.6
0.1
0.0
0.3
0.4
Maine
2003
97.2
1.9
0.1
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.3
Maryland
2003
94.7
2.2
1.0
1.0
0.1
0.0
0.3
0.7
Massachusetts
2003
96.5
1.4
0.3
0.9
0.1
0.0
0.4
0.3
Michigan
2003
97.9
1.1
0.4
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.3
0.1
Minnesota
2003
98.3
0.9
0.3
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.3
0.0
Mississippi
2003
96.4
2.3
0.1
0.5
0.1
0.0
0.3
0.3
Missouri
2003
98.5
0.8
0.1
0.2
0.1
0.0
0.3
0.1
Montana
2003
97.2
1.4
0.3
0.4
0.1
0.0
0.4
0.2
Nebraska
2003
98.3
0.9
0.1
0.3
0.0
0.0
0.3
0.1
Nevada
2003
95.9
2.0
0.7
0.7
0.1
0.1
0.4
0.2
New Hampshire
2003
95.8
2.4
0.4
0.9
0.0
0.0
0.5
0.2
New Jersey
2003
94.9
2.6
0.2
1.5
0.1
0.1
0.4
0.3
New Mexico
2003
96.1
2.2
0.4
0.8
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.2
New York
2003
95.0
2.2
0.3
1.6
0.2
0.1
0.3
0.4
North Carolina
2003
96.3
1.6
0.6
0.9
0.1
0.0
0.3
0.2
North Dakota
2003
98.9
0.5
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.4
0.2
Ohio
2003
97.6
1.7
0.2
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.4
0.1
Oklahoma
2003
98.1
0.8
0.5
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.3
0.1
Oregon
2003
97.1
1.9
0.1
0.3
0.1
0.0
0.4
0.1
Pennsylvania
2003
97.1
1.3
0.2
0.9
0.0
0.0
0.3
0.2
Rhode Island
2003
97.6
1.2
0.2
0.4
0.0
0.0
0.5
0.1
South Carolina
2003
96.8
1.5
0.3
0.6
0.0
0.1
0.4
0.2
South Dakota
2003
98.1
0.8
0.1
0.5
0.0
0.0
0.3
0.3
Tennessee
2003
97.0
1.3
0.4
0.6
0.1
0.1
0.3
0.2
Texas
2003
95.9
2.3
0.3
0.7
0.3
0.0
0.3
0.3
Utah
2003
98.2
0.9
0.5
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.2
Vermont
2003
95.6
2.5
0.2
1.2
0.1
0.0
0.2
0.2
Virginia
2003
97.1
1.4
0.2
0.7
0.1
0.0
0.3
0.2
Washington
2003
96.0
2.9
0.0
0.4
0.2
0.0
0.4
0.1
West Virginia
2003
98.1
1.1
0.2
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.3
0.0
Wisconsin
2003
98.2
1.0
0.1
0.2
0.1
0.0
0.3
0.1
Wyoming
2003
97.6
0.8
0.4
0.4
0.1
0.1
0.3
0.3
Source: U.S. Census Bureau | American Community Survey Office | Page Last Modified: August 22, 2007