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For Immediate Release: Tuesday, June 11, 2019

Census Bureau Announces 2019 Census Test to Begin

CB19-TPS.25

JUNE 11, 2019 — The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that the 2019 Census Test will begin this week, as approximately 480,000 housing units across the country receive a questionnaire testing the operational effects of including a citizenship question on the 2020 Census. The 2019 Census Test will randomly assign households to two panels and ask them to respond to the 2020 Census questions. Panel A will include the question on citizenship, Panel B will not.

Findings from the nationwide test will assist in determining updates to 2020 Census operations, such as how many census takers are needed to follow up with nonresponding households and how to better communicate with households about the 2020 Census.

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Virginia Hyer
Public Information Office
301-763-3030
pio@census.gov

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