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2020 Decennial Census: Conducting and Motivating the Count: Language Identification Card

August 18, 2020

The Census Bureau provides a Language Identification Card to 2020 Census enumerators to help identify the language spoken by a household.

When an enumerator encounters a language barrier at the door, they are able to show the Language Identification Card, which features a brief statement in 59 non-English languages.

Language Identification Card [1.0 MB]

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Memorandum 2018.06: 2020 Census Non-English Language Support

February 27, 2018

This memorandum documents the 2020 Census Program decision regarding the number of non-English languages that will be supported.