In keeping with the U.S. Census Bureau’s long-established commitment to being entirely transparent in the production of our statistics and data products, I’m writing to provide an update on data processing for the 2020 Census. In every decennial census, we are the first to identify and analyze the quality of our data, including the extent to which we overcount or undercount key population groups in our country. We cannot do this in detail until we complete the Post-Enumeration Survey later this year, however we know a lot already about the accuracy and completeness of our population counts in the 2020 Census. I blogged with some initial impressions in early November, and we’ve made a lot of progress since then. But as reported in the media, some issues have surfaced as well. Most of these issues are typical and are similar to those we’ve encountered in prior decennial censuses. Others are novel to planned improvements for the 2020 Census, and some are related to the difficulties experienced collecting data during the COVID-19 pandemic.
October 18, 2011
The Future of Producing Social and Economic Statistical Information, Part III
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September 28, 2011
Estimating the Size of a Small Population
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September 20, 2011
The Future of Producing Social and Economic Statistical Information, Part II
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September 08, 2011
The Future of Producing Social and Economic Statistical Information, Part I
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August 26, 2011
New Evaluations of the 2010 Census
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August 12, 2011
Women at Work
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August 02, 2011
Rural and Suburban America: When One Definition is not Enough
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July 28, 2011
Using Census Bureau Technology to Help
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July 19, 2011
Adapting to the Changing IT Infrastructure of American Business
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July 15, 2011
The Consequences of Budget Cuts
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July 07, 2011
Devotion in the Hardest of Times
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June 29, 2011
A Restructuring of Census Bureau Regional Offices
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June 27, 2011
The Best Staff for Measuring America
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June 16, 2011
Personal Lessons From The 2010 Census
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June 07, 2011
Senseless Assaults on Decent Public Servants
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May 31, 2011
“Designed Data” and “Organic Data”
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May 16, 2011
Addressing Concerns about 2010 Population Counts
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May 09, 2011
Off to Help Celebrate with the Village of Plato
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April 25, 2011
The Credibility of Government Statistics; Trust in their Source
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April 11, 2011
Making Data Collection More Relevant to Modern Life
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March 24, 2011
An Important Milestone
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March 21, 2011
The Future of the US Advertising Industry
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March 10, 2011
Debunking the Myth That the Federal Government Can’t be Efficient
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March 04, 2011
Be Careful! Labeling a County as “Dying” is Dangerous
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February 15, 2011
Some Early Results from the Post-Enumeration Survey
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