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Census self-response deadline moved to Oct. 16

by U.S. Census Bureau

Posted on Oct 14, 2020 at 0:00 AM

On Oct. 13, the U.S. Census Bureau announced that self-response and field data collection operations for the 2020 Census will conclude on Oct. 15.

The announcement followed a Supreme Court decision to overturn a lower court’s ruling to keep the self-response deadline at Oct. 31.

Specifically:

Internet self-response will be available across the nation through October 15, 2020 until 11:59 pm Hawaii Standard Time (HST), (6:00 am Eastern Daylight Time on October 16, 2020) Visit 2020Census.gov to respond today.
Phone response will be available for its regularly scheduled time on October 15, 2020. Click here for schedule and a list of numbers.
Paper responses must be postmarked by October 15, 2020.
Nonresponse Followup census takers will continue resolving nonresponding addresses through the end of the day on October 15, 2020.

To respond to the census, visit www.2020census.gov/en.html.