Census 2020 Impacted by Coronavirus

A look at the impact our state of uncertainty is having on this important exercise.

The u-s census is conducted once each decade.

Your response shapes resources for your children and community for the next ten years.

Tonight kimt news three's maleeha kamal has a look at the impact our state of uncertainty is having on this important exercise.

On the scene census-llmpkg-1 census-llmpkg-2 look live: i just got my second census notice.

I if dont fill this out and turn it in within by may typically a census worker would come to my door but this year things could be different.

Census-llmpkg-3 today concludes the first wave of census letters mailed to the public.

Up to five notices can be mailed out to ensure a response.

The form can be filled out online, by phone or mailed back.

If the form is not submitted by may -census workers will go door to door- from may to july.

Scott felten is the auditor treasurer for mower county.

He says this year the census might have to restructure.

Census-llmpkg-4 super: scott felten/ auditor treasurer for mower county sot: that's the piece that the census bureau will continue to monitor and that may end up needing to be adjusted.

Locally we do not have any involvement in that.

The census bureau will be monitoring the situation across the county to determine if they need to modify that door to door schedule.

Census-llmpkg-5 look live: felten says despite everything that is going on census workers are still needed.

In rochester maleeha kamal kimt news three.

A mutlilingual census event had been set up at the austin public library to help the public complete their forms but this event has obviously been put on hold.

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