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First 2020 Census Population Counts Will Be Released Today

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By Pat Cantwell, Thomas Mule, Michael Thieme, Alysia Blake
| census.gov
The first 2020 Census population counts will be released by the U.S. Census Bureau today. These counts will be used for apportionment, which is a process that determines how many seats in the U.S. House of Representatives each state will have for the next 10 years. This first data release will include population totals for the United States, each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
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How We Complete the Census When Households or Group Quarters Don’t Respond

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By Pat Cantwell
| census.gov
As we continue to process 2020 Census responses, people have asked what happens when we don’t get a response from an address. In this blog, I’ll describe the statistical techniques we turn to when we do not get a response. To get a complete and accurate census, we need to know certain information about every household address in the census: Whether it is a real and livable residence. If so, whether it is vacant or occupied. If it's occupied, how many people live there.
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2020 Census Blog Posts

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By James Whitehorne, Pat Cantwell, Thomas Mule, Ron Jarmin
| census.gov
How We Complete the Census When Demographic and Housing Characteristics Are Missing Although we strive to obtain all demographic and housing data from every individual in the census, missing data are part of every census process.
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