census-2020

U.S. Census operations are coming to a close and all offices are scheduled to complete their work by October 5th. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the final field data collection date was September 30th. As of Wednesday, the top five areas for response rates were Idaho, Maine, Puerto Rico, Vermont, and West Virginia. In Iowa, 98.4% of households have responded with 71.2% of people self-responding.

The Census results help determine where federal funding is allocated for schools, healthcare, roads, disaster recovery, and more for the next decade. It also is used to determine the number of congressional representatives for states.