Problem of Low 2020 Census Participation Will Vary with Sociodemographic Factors and Distance from Metro Areas
With billions of federal grant dollars potentially at stake, every community has a vested interest in ensuring that its residents are accurately counted in the U.S. Decennial Census of Population and Housing. In the 2010 Census, 20.7% of eligible households failed to return their census forms, implying a response rate of only 79.3%. That amounts to about 22 million households not reached in the last census, the number of which not only affects the quality of the census but also may lead businesses and government officials to make inaccurate decisions when targeting specific populations.
Authors: Zheng Tian, Stephan J. Goetz, Charlie French
Publication: Choices Date Published: October 1, 2019