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2020 Census Mailings
Ninety-five percent of households will receive an initial invitation to respond to the 2020 Census in the mail. Depending on how likely your area is to respond online, you’ll receive either an invitation encouraging you to respond online or an invitation along with a paper questionnaire.
In areas where 20 percent or more of the households need Spanish assistance, the invitations will be in both English and Spanish.
Households that receive a reminder in the mail after responding may disregard it. The reminder was sent before the response was received. Some households that have already responded will receive a census taker visit as part of quality checks on the census.
Letter Invitation Group
Most areas of the country are likely to respond online, so most households will receive a letter asking you to go online to complete the census questionnaire (or to respond by phone).
Letter Invitation and Paper Questionnaire Group
Areas that are less likely to respond online will receive a paper questionnaire along with their invitation. The invitation will also include information about how to respond online or by phone.
News Release
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Press ReleaseFinal 2020 Census Reminder PostcardsThe U.S. Census Bureau is sending reminder postcards this week to an estimated 34.3 million households
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Press ReleasePostcards Encouraging Households to Respond Sent to P.O. BoxesThe U.S. Census Bureau is sending postcards between June 24 and July 3 to communities where P.O. boxes are the only mailing address available.
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Press ReleaseAdditional 2020 Census Reminder Sent Before Census Takers VisitThe U.S. Census Bureau announced today that it will send an additional reminder postcard to households that have not yet responded to the 2020 Census.
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Press ReleaseDon’t Forget to Respond: 2020 Census Reminder Postcards ArrivingThe U.S. Census Bureau is beginning to send reminder notice postcards to an estimated 69 million households that have not yet responded to the 2020 Census.
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Press ReleaseDelivery of 2020 Census Paper Questionnaires BeginsAbout 64 million households across the nation are receiving a paper questionnaire in the coming days.
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Press ReleaseThe 2020 Census Is Ready for America to RespondFor the first time, nearly everyone will be invited to respond online, by phone or by mail.
What households will receive in the mail:
On or between March 12-20
On or between March 16-24
Every household that hasn’t already responded will receive additional reminders and will eventually receive a paper questionnaire.
What households that haven’t responded yet will receive in the mail:
On or between March 26-April 3
On or between April 8-30*
*Extended from April 8-16 to allow more time for addressing the mail packages in the midst of social distancing.
On or between April 27-May 9*
*Pushed back from April 20-27 to allow the paper questionnaire package to arrive several days ahead of the final postcard.
On or between June 24-July 3
*Postcards encouraging households to respond to 2020 Census sent to P.O. boxes.
On or between July 22-28*
*Additional mailing to serve as a final reminder to households to respond before a census taker visits to collect their response.
Data Tools
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Data Tool2020 Census: Mail Contact Strategies ViewerThis data tool was developed so that communities can plan for the mailings that their area will receive when self-response for the 2020 Census begins.
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Data Tool2020 Census: Type of Enumeration Area (TEA) ViewerFebruary 28, 2019This map application that shows how different geographic areas will be invited to respond to the 2020 Census.
Press Releases
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Press ReleaseAreas to Receive 2020 Census Paper Questionnaires FirstThe U.S. Census Bureau today released the Mail Contact Strategies Viewer showing how the country will be asked to respond to the 2020 Census.
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Press Release2020 Type of Enumeration Area Viewer ReleasedThe U.S. Census Bureau has released an interactive map application that shows how different geographic areas will be invited to respond to the 2020 Census.
Fact Sheets
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Fact SheetHow the 2020 Census will invite everyone to respondNearly every household will receive an invitation to participate in the 2020 Census either in the mail or from a census taker.
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Fact SheetUsted puede responder al Censo del 2020 en españolTodos los hogares tendrán la opción de responder en español por internet o por teléfono.
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Fact Sheet2020 Census Support for LanguagesOver 99 percent of all U.S. households will be able to respond to the census in their language.
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Fact SheetRespond to the 2020 CensusDates for 2020 Census mailers and for responding to the 2020 Census.
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Page Last Revised - October 8, 2021
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