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2020 Census Memorandum Series
2020 Census Memorandum Series
The 2020 Census Memorandum Series documents significant decisions, actions, and accomplishments of the 2020 Census Program for the purpose of informing stakeholders, coordinating interdivisional efforts, and documenting important historical changes.
A memorandum generally will be added to this series for any decision or documentation that meets the following criteria:
1. A major program level decision that will affect the overall design or have significant effect on the 2020 Census operations or systems.
2. A major policy decision or change that will affect the overall design or significantly impact the 2020 Census operations or systems.
3. A report that documents the research and testing for the 2020 Census operations or systems.
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Memorandum 2018.22: Investigating 2010 Undercount of Young Children
This memorandum documents Investigating the 2010 Undercount of Young Children – Analysis of Complex Households.
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Memorandum 2018.21: Release of the LUCA Detailed Operational Plan v2.0
This memorandum documents the release of the 2020 Census Detailed Operational Plan for the LUCA operation to include the New Construction (NC) program.
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Memorandum 2018.20: Release of the UE Detailed Operational Plan
This memorandum documents the plan for the 2020 Census Update Enumerate operation.
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Memorandum 2018.19: Release of the ARC Detailed Operational Plan
This memorandum documents the release of the 2020 Census Detailed Operational Plan for Archiving.
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Memorandum 2018.18: Release of the ETL Detailed Operational Plan
This memorandum documents the release of the 2020 Census Enumeration at Transitory Locations Detailed Operational Plan.
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Memorandum 2018.17: Release of the ISR Detailed Operational Plan
This memorandum documents the release of the 2020 Census Internet Self-Response Detailed Operational Plan.
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Memorandum 2018.16: Program for Evaluations and Experiments (CPEX)
This memorandum documents the scope of 2020 Census evaluations and experiments.
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Memorandum 2018.15: Release of the Non-ID Processing Operational Plan
This memorandum documents the release of the 2020 Census Non-ID Processing Detailed Operational Plan.
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Memorandum 2018.14: Release of the Update Leave Operational Plan
This memorandum documents the release of the 2020 Census Update Leave Detailed Operational Plan.
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Memorandum 2018.13: 2020 Census Plans for Puerto Rico
This memorandum documents the 2020 Census plans for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
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Memorandum 2018.12: Release of Ad Can Detailed Operational Plan
This memorandum documents the release of the 2020 Census Detailed Operational Plan for 2. Address Canvassing Operation (ADC).
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Memorandum 2018.11: Decennial Service Center Detailed Operational Plan
This memorandum documents the release of the 2020 Census Detailed Operational Plan for 31. Decennial Service Center (DSC).
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Memorandum 2018.10: Release of the Nonresponse Followup Operation DOP
This memorandum documents the release of the 2020 Census Detailed Operational Plan for the Nonresponse Followup Operation (NRFU).
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Memorandum 2018.09: Release of the 2020 RDP Operation v2.0
This memorandum documents the release of the Redistricting Data Program Operation version 2.0.
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Memorandum 2018.08: 2020 Questions Decision Memo
This memorandum documents the release of the Executive Summary to accompany the release of the 2020 Census Operational Plan Version 3.0.
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Memorandum 2018.07: 2020 Census Operational Plan Exec Summary v2.0
This memorandum documents the release of the Executive Summary to accompany the release of the 2020 Census Operational Plan Version 3.0.
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Memorandum 2018.06: 2020 Census Non-English Language Support
This memorandum documents the 2020 Census Program decision regarding the number of non-English languages that will be supported.
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Memorandum 2018.05: Release of the CQA Detailed Operational Plan v2.0
This memorandum documents the release of version 2.0 of the detailed operational plan for the Census Questionnaire Assistance operation.
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Memorandum 2018.04: 2020 Census Residence Criteria and Situations
This memorandum documents the release of the "Final 2020 Census Residence Criteria and Residence Situations" in the Federal Register.
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Memorandum 2018.03: Release of the FLDI and DLM Operational Plan
This memorandum documents the release of the detailed operational plan for Field Infrastructure and Decennial Logistics Management.
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Memorandum 2018.02: Using Two Separate Questions for Race & Ethnicity
This memorandum documents the 2020 Census Program decision to continue to use two separate questions for collecting data on race and ethnicity.
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Memorandum 2018.01: 2020 Census Life-cycle Cost Estimate Summary
This memorandum documents the release of the executive summary of the 2020 Census Lifecycle Cost Estimate (LCCE).
Page Last Revised - October 28, 2021
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