Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Now is the time to be counted in the 2020 Census! Data collection will end on September 30, and the U.S. Census Bureau is encouraging everyone in North Texas to respond between now and the deadline of September 30. Currently, North Texas holds a 68.1 percent total response rate, which includes self-response and Nonresponse Follow-up (NRFU) operations. The state of Texas has recorded a 79.5 percent total response rate. A complete and accurate count is vital for all of North Texas. If households are not counted, the North Texas area could miss out on its share of hundreds of billions of dollars in federal funding and it could also affect its apportionment in Congress. People can respond online at 2020census.gov, by phone at 844-330-2020 (English), 844-468-2020 (Spanish), or by mailing back the paper form that was delivered to the household.