Census 2020 Response Rate Analysis: Weeks 14 15 and 16

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Mapping "Self-Response" for a Fair and Accurate 2020 Census (Weeks 14, 15, and 16)

Prepared July 10, 2020

WEEKS 14, 15, and 16 (June 19 - July 9)

Summary materials:

• PowerPoint presentation of Week 14 / 15  / 16 results [PDF]
• One-page summary of Week 14 / 15 / 16 results [forthcoming]
• As of June 1, the Census Bureau is only updating self-response rates on weekdays.

Slides from this presentation are displayed below. The link to a PDF version of the presentation is available in the Summary Materials section above.

Highlighted topics:

• Modest nationwide response rate increases since June 19 but notable state and local increases;
• Details on states, counties, tracts, etc that have met or surpassed their final 2010 response rates;
• Summary updates on the latest response rate trends for:
  • Internet First vs Internet Choice tracts
  • Tracts by plurality race/Hispanic origin
  • Tracts with lowest response rates nationwide compared with highest rates; and
• CUNY Map updates: NRFU soft launch; new features for online trendline visualization.

HTC 2020 map news

• New Response Rate Metric to Help Manage Get-Out-The-Count Efforts During the Extended 2020 Self-Response Timeframe
• Sign up for email updates about the map and our weekly response rate analyses
• Follow our Twitter feed for map updates! @Census2020Map

Links to analyses from prior weeks:

• Weeks 12 and 13
• Weeks 10 and 11
• Weeks 8 and 9
• Week 7
• Week 6
• Week 5
• Week 4
• Week 3
• Week 2
• Week 1
• Self-response data:
  • Q&A
  • 2020 Self-Response Data downloaded from the Census Bureau website and archived by the Center for Urban Research, CUNY Graduate Center.
  • 2010 Final Self-Response Data from the Census Bureau's API for all levels of geography (national, states, counties, cities, tracts, etc).
• Self-response rates explained.

For more information, contact:

Center for Urban Research

at the Graduate Center, City University of New York

cunymapping@gc.cuny.edu

All work and materials are supported by a grant from the 2020 Census Project

and developed in partnership with the Leadership Conference Education Fund.