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Shorter Timeline Threatens Census Count
August 11 2020
As the in-person follow-up phase of Census 2020 gets underway, COVID-19 and an earlier-than-expected deadline pose challenges for ensuring a complete count.
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Census Responses Lagging during COVID-19
June 11 2020
California’s self-response rate so far on the 2020 Census is lower than ten years ago, but it is slightly higher than for the nation as a whole.
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Counting Californians and Holding Elections in a Pandemic
April 1 2020
For Census Day, we talked to California Secretary of State Alex Padilla about challenges the COVID-19 pandemic brings to counting Californians for Census 2020 as well as to holding elections in November.
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COVID-19 and California’s Census Count
March 24 2020
With the census just underway, how might the challenges presented by COVID-19 affect California’s ability to ensure a complete count?
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Video: Countdown to Census 2020
February 12 2020
Secretary of state Alex Padilla and other leaders discuss why the upcoming census is so important for California and assess the state’s readiness for the count.
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