So far, their self-response rate for completing the census is lagging behind the national average of 61.5 percent, according to Vicki Clayton, the U.S. Census Bureau’s West Central Minnesota partnership specialist. She recently presented the information to the Douglas County Complete Count Committee and the Douglas County Board.
Clayton called these areas as needing the “most immediate attention” in order to boost their response rates to the census.
Cities with rates under the national average, as of June 17, include Brandon (56.2%), Forada (47.9%), Garfield (60.6%), Nelson (60.6%) and Osakis (51.5%).
Clayton said there was some good news behind those numbers: “The cities of Brandon and Garfield increased their self-response rate by more than 15% since May 17, which is great!” she said.
Townships that need the most immediate attention include Brandon (47.9%), Carlos (59.6%), Evansville (57.1%), Holmes City (52.4%), Ida (44.1%), Lake Mary (45.4%), Leaf Valley (41.3%), Lund (54.8%), Millerville (41.8%), Miltona (40.1%), Moe (38.7%), Osakis (43.9%) and Urness (50.7%).
Six cities in the county were above the national average – Alexandria (69.1%), Carlos (62.2%), Evansville (64.2%), Millerville (64.9%), Miltona (73.3%) and Kensington (61.6%).
Seven townships were also above the average – Alexandria (74.7%, the highest response rate in the county), Belle River (72%), Hudson (61.9%), LaGrand (65.6%), Orange (68.9%), Salem (67.8%) and Spruce Hill (66.9%).
Douglas County has a self-response rate of 60.4% as of June 17. The entire state of Minnesota has a self-response rate of 71.1%.
Clayton emphasized that completing the census isn’t a time consuming process. It consists of a nine-question questionnaire. She listed two main reasons why it’s important:
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Congressional districts – Minnesota could potentially lose a seat (going from eight districts to seven). In 2010, Minnesota came within 8,000 people (out of 5.6 million) to losing a representative.
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Over $500 billion are distributed to the U.S states/territories, each year, for 10 years based on the decennial census data.
Clayton added that the Census Bureau’s website extrapolates that each person not counted results in $2,800 per year of missed funding for Minnesota. That’s $28,000 over the next 10-year period.
Residents received census forms in the mail in early spring and have received other reminders through the mail. The census may also be completed online through 2020Census.gov or by calling 844-330-2020.
Clayton also provided an updated census timeline. Because of COVID-19, many census activities have been pushed back approximately three months. Here’s the latest information:
Self-response phase: March 12 to Oct. 31. Online, phone, and mailed self-responses continue throughout the data collection process.
Non-response follow-up: Aug. to Oct. 31. Census takers will interview (in person) households that did not self-respond to the census.
Enumeration at transitory locations: Sept. 3-28. Census takers count people staying at campgrounds, RV parks, and hotels, if they do not usually live elsewhere.
Count of people experiencing homelessness: Sept. 22-24. The Census Bureau now plans to send specially trained census takers to count people known to sleep outdoors (like under bridges) and at all-night businesses (such as transit stations and 24-hour laundromats). People experiencing homelessness will be counted where they are staying when census takers visit.
Process apportionment counts: Oct. 31 through April 30, 2021. After collection activities are complete, Census Bureau experts run and review output from programs to find duplicate responses, determine final housing unit status, populate any missing housing unit data on household size, and finalize the universe to be included in the apportionment count file.
Deliver apportionment counts to the president: by April 30, 2021. By law, the Census Bureau will deliver each state’s population total, which determines its number of seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Process redistricting data: May 1 to July 31, 2021. Census Bureau experts run and review programs to populate any missing demographic data for each household, run differential privacy programs to ensure confidentiality, and run tabulation programs for each state delivery.
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