20 Days Left to Respond to the 2020 Census; 72.5% of Champaign County has Responded

There are twenty (20) days remaining to complete the 2020 Census.

The U.S. Census Bureau is working in Champaign County to complete the 2020 Census by September 30, 2020.  Field data operations are underway with census takers visiting households throughout Champaign County that have not yet responded to the 2020 Census.  Prior to their deployment into local communities, census takers underwent COVID-19 training on social distancing and related health and safety protocols.   The Census Bureau has provided face masks to every census taker and mandated that all census takers wear one.  In addition, census takers carry an ID badge that includes their photograph, a U.S. Department of Commerce watermark, and an expiration date.
 
Through the end of September, households can continue to respond online at www.2020census.gov, on paper, by phone by calling (1-844-330-2020), or in person with a census taker. 
 
As of September 8, 2020, the national self-response rate to the 2020 Census is 65.5% and 69.6% for the State of Ohio.  Locally, 2020 self-response rates are as follows (with 2010 self-response rates shown in parentheses):

• Champaign County is at 72.5% (70.0%)
• Urbana is at 69.9% (69.3%)
• Mechanicsburg is at 72.3% (71.2%)
• North Lewisburg is at 66.1% (57.2%)
• Saint Paris is at 62.7% (67.8%)
• Woodstock is at 70.1% (33.3%)
• Christiansburg is at 39.1% (71.8%)

 
To date, Champaign County has the 28th best self-response rate out of 88 Ohio counties.  Regionally, the self-response rate in surrounding counties is as follows:

• Logan County is at 61.5%
• Shelby County is at 73.9%
• Miami County is at 76.1%
• Clark County is at 69.1%
• Madison County is at 73.4%
• Union County is at 78.2% 

 
Furthermore, as of September 8, 2020, the U.S. Census Bureau estimates that 91.2% of Ohio housing units have been enumerated with 21.6% being counted by census takers and the remaining 69.6% of households self-responding.  Nationally, over 88% of households have been enumerated to date.