January 2018 through September 2019 |
Engage & Educate Local Leaders, Partners & Communities |
April 2019 through January 2020 |
Promote Participation in the Census Locally |
January 2019 & February 2019 |
Early Area Census Offices Open (these offices run the Address Canvass Operations |
June 2019 through August 2019 |
Area Census Offices Open (ACOs) |
August 2019 through October 2019 |
Address Canvass Operation in Select areas (30% of country, high growth & change areas and not part of hand delivery, see below |
March 2020 through June 2020 |
Call to Action for Residents to respond (starting March 23) |
February 2020 through June |
Group Quarters Operations (Count of Residents in Shelters, Dorms, Nursing Homes, Transitory Locations, Prisons, Military Bases, RV Parks, etc. Local govenments & Census identify & Planthese operations) |
Mid-March 2020 Individual Housing Units (HUs) invited by either:
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Residents Invited to Respond
Options to Self-Respond (all residents will have these 3 options & decide what is best for them) |
March 23, 2020 |
Self-Response Begins & Continues through July 2020 |
April 1, 2020 |
Census Day-Reference Date = where you live on April 1 |
Mid-April 2020 |
Early Non-Response Follow-up (primarily areas around colleges/universities where the population lives before |
May 2020 through July 2020 |
Non Response Follow-up (NRFU)to HUS that do not self-respond (HUs can continue to self-respond during this time) (H |
Late August 2020 through September 2020 |
Area Census Offices Close |
August 2020 through December 2020 |
Quality Evaluation (re-contact of select HUs) |
December 31, 2020 |
Deliver Counts to the President |