Wyoming’s 2020 Census response rate at 58.7%

This week, the U.S. Census Bureau began to release daily 2020 Census housing unit completion rates and if homes have not responded to the 2020 Census, there’s still time. 

Over 73% of housing units have been accounted for in the 2020 Census as of Aug 25, with 9.7% counted by census takers and other field data collection operations, and 64.2% of housing units responding online, by phone or by mail. 

Wyoming’s response rate is currently at 58.7% and Montana stands at 57.7%. 

The Nonresponse Follow-up completion rate, released for the first time during a decennial census, details the percentage of households that have been visited by a census taker and marked as complete. A household can be marked as complete with a household completing the interview or a housing unit address being marked as vacant or nonexistent.

The Nonresponse Follow-up operation involves census takers visiting households that have not yet responded. This is the final stage of data collection for the once-a-decade population count of everyone living in the United States. 

Households can still respond now by responding online at 2020census.gov, by phone at 844-330-2020, or by completing and mailing back their paper questionnaire. Households can respond online or by phone in one of 13 languages and find assistance in many more. Responding now may minimize the need for a census taker to visit. Some households that have already responded to the census may still be visited by a census taker conducting quality checks.

Responding to the 2020 Census is vital and it’s the law. According to the Census Bureau, the census provides critical data that lawmakers, business owners, teachers, and many others use to provide daily services, products, and support for you and your community. Every year, billions of dollars in federal funding go to hospitals, fire departments, schools, roads, and other resources based on census data.

The results of the census also determine the number of seats each state will have in the U.S. House of Representatives, and they are used to draw congressional and state legislative districts.

It’s the law. In the Constitution: Article 1, Section 2, mandates that the country conduct a count of its population once every 10 years. The 2020 Census will mark the 24th time that the country has counted its population since 1790.