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Staff Report: Census 2020
Honore Depew, Interim Policy and Project manager
4-7-20
The Census Matters
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Everyone should fill out the 2020 census because it is…
Easy, Protected, Important
• Easy – Simple questions about who lives in your household
• Protected – Individual answers are held securely by the Census Bureau
for 72 years and not shared with any other part of the government
• Important – everyone counts in the Census and the results bring federal
resources and political representation
Key Dates (Delayed Timeline)
Self-reporting: March 12-Aug. 14
Census Day: April 1
Census Takers Follow Up (Phone/Mail): Starting May 7
Census Takers Follow Up (Interviews): Starting May 28
Group Quarters Count: April 16-June 19
Shelters and Outdoor Counts: April 29-May 1
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City Efforts in Partnership
• Outreach and advertising (social media, print, etc.)
• Direct training of customer service staff
• Collaboration with regional partner organizations
• Creation of NOCO Counts buttons
• Maintaining a NOCO Counts webpage
• www.ourcity/fcgov.com/nococounts
• Proclamation in English and Spanish declaring April 1, 2020 as
Census Day and Encouraging Every Resident to Participate in the
2020 Census
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Response Rate
As of today, the response rate in Fort Collins is 44.7%
• About half of households in our city have already completed the
census (mostly online)
• The more we have people fill out the Census on their own, the fewer
households will have to have a visit from a census taker to be
counted in-person.
• A complete and accurate count will be even more important in the
coming year to ensure necessary federal funding to our community
as we recover.
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