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Written by: Anthony Knapp, Demographer, U.S. Census Bureau and Benjamin Gurrentz, Survey Statistician, U.S. Census Bureau
Censuses and surveys provide vital information for nearly all aspects of society. Underpinning these efforts is the meticulous planning from organizations tasked with collecting this information from millions of respondents.
A key aspect of taking censuses and conducting surveys is understanding the communities to which questionnaires are sent and the likelihood of residents responding.
To help inform future survey and census planning, the U.S. Census Bureau has released operational statistics from the 2020 Census, as well as predicted low response rates (“scores”) for tracts and block groups in the United States. The 2020 Census contact strategy variables and 2020-based Low Response Score (LRS) are available for the first time with the release of the 2024 Planning Database (PDB). The interactive tool, Response Outreach Area Mapper (ROAM), was also updated with the new PDB variables to make the data more easily accessible to users.
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About the Census Bureau
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