2020 Census Operational Press Briefing (October 21, 2020)
U.S. Census Bureau officials will hold an audio news conference to share updates on 2020 Census operations and next steps. A live media Q&A session will immediately follow the briefing.
Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020, at 2 p.m. EDT
*Note: @ 5:55 Al Fontenot said 99.99% but meant to say 99.98%.
*Note: @ 11:18 and 11:34, Al Fontenot said 9 million addresses self-responded, when he should have said 6 million addresses self-responded.
*Note: @ 58:10 - Al Fontenot said count imputation has been used since 1990. Actually, the statistical technique of “count imputation” has been used by the Census Bureau since 1960, and some form of “characteristic imputation” (to fill in missing characteristics such as age and race) has been used since 1940.
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Press ReleaseNews Briefing to Provide Updates on 2020 Census OperationsU.S. Census Bureau officials will hold an audio news conference to share updates on 2020 Census operations and next steps.
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Press Release2020 Census Response Rate Update: 99.98% Complete Nationwide99.98% of all housing units and addresses nationwide were accounted for in the 2020 Census as of the end of self-response and field data collection operations.
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Director's BlogThe End of 2020 Census Data Collection, Next Steps, and a Heartfelt ThanksWe completed data collection for the 2020 Census on October 15, 2020. Every decennial census makes history, but this was like no other in living memory.
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Press ReleaseRequests for Additional 2020 Census Metrics and Upcoming Data QualityAs a federal statistical agency, the U.S. Census Bureau welcomes open discussions about our work and the methods used to produce our statistics.
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