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#2020Census Social Media Weekend

58.4% of Colorado Households Have Responded Self-Respond TODAY online, by phone or by mail
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One month after official Census Day (April 1), 58.4% of Colorado households have responded to the 2020 Census. We encourage Coloradans to promote self-response participation on social media this weekend, using #2020Census. Track Colorado’s self-response rate on this MAP.

Suggested Social Media Message:

COLORADO: It has never been easier to respond to the #2020Census on your own - all without having to meet a census taker. Respond today and make Colorado the state with the highest #2020Census self-response rate in the nation! Go to 2020census.gov or call 1-844-330-2020.

2020 Census Self-Response Rates by State

  1. Minnesota, 65.2%
  2. Iowa, 62.5%
  3. Wisconsin, 62.1%
  4. Nebraska, 61.9%
  5. Michigan, 61%
  6. Washington, 59.9%
  7. Kansas, 59.8%
  8. Utah, 59.8%
  9. Illinois, 59.6%
  10. Virginia, 59%
  11. Indiana, 58.9%
  12. Ohio, 58.9%
  13. Colorado, 58.4%
  14. Maryland, 57.9%
  15. Idaho, 57.8%

Top 2020 Census Self-Response Rates by Colorado County

  1. Douglas County, 70.6%
  2. Jefferson County, 70.2%
  3. Broomfield County, 67.1%
  4. Boulder County, 66.3%
  5. Arapahoe County, 65.2%
  6. El Paso County, 63.7%
  7. Elbert County, 63%
  8. Mesa County, 62.4%
  9. Phillips County, 61.7%
  10. Larimer County, 60.4%
  11. Adams County, 60%
  12. Denver County, 58.2%
  13. Logan County, 57.7%
  14. Weld County, 57.4%
  15. Yuma County, 56.8%

ABOUT THE 2020 CENSUS

  • The 2020 Census is a short questionnaire that asks about who lives in your household as of April 1, 2020. 
  • The 2020 Census requires counting a diverse and growing population in the United States and the five U.S. territories.
  • The 2020 Census is important because it will determine the number of seats each state has in the U.S. House of Representatives, inform hundreds of billions of dollars in federal funding, and provide data that will impact communities for the next decade.
  • Responding to the 2020 Census is safe and secure. Individual responses are confidential and protected by law.
  • The Census Bureau is currently taking steps to reactivate field data collection operations.
  • Later this year, the U.S. Census Bureau plans to send census takers to visit households that have not responded to the 2020 Census to help them complete questionnaires. 
  • The current deadline to respond to the 2020 Census is October 31, 2020.