Census 2020 Resource Links
Note: The Teaching and Learning Resources section has moved to its own page.
Overview Guides and Information
Count Me In: Census Guide 2020 “Focusing on Black communities that face the greatest risk of omission from the decennial census, LDF is working to increase Black people’s response to the Census.” | NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund |
Count on Your Census podcast series “The podcast is released in mini- series format, which means you get three episodes per series and each is a progression toward making sure hard-to-count communities and all communities of color are represented fairly and accurately in the 2020 Census.” | Asian Americans Advancing Justice |
Fighting 2020 Census Rumors Responses to common misconceptions and information on known hoaxes and scams. | U. S. Census Bureau |
Why the Census Matters for Women and Girls Fact sheet | Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality |
2020 Census Fact Sheets | U. S. Census Bureau |
Libraries’ Guide to the 2020 Census | American Library Association |
TMI Briefs: The Census | Thurgood Marshall Institute |
What Is the Census? | NALEO Educational Fund |
Census 2020 Fact Sheet English and Spanish | NALEO Educational Fund |
Census Operations Series, Part 1 | Census Counts |
What to Expect in the Mail (description and timeline) | U. S. Census Bureau |
Census 2020 Resource List (Stand Up and Be Counted campaign) | New England Literacy Resource Center |
Technology FAQs (cybersecurity, data security) | Census Counts |
How People Are Counted
Conducting the Count | U. S. Census Bureau |
Webinars and issue briefs on how different populations are counted | Census Counts |
Census Operations Series, Part 3 | Census Counts |
2020 Census: Reaching an Accurate Count | Arab American Institute |
Will You Count? Latinos in the 2020 Census | Leadership Conference Education Fund |
Will You Count? American Indians and Alaska Natives in the 2020 Census | Leadership Conference Education Fund |
Will You Count? Asian Americans and Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in the 2020 Census | Leadership Conference Education Fund |
Brief on the Race and Origin Questions | Center on Poverty and Inequality, Georgetown |
Report on Administrative Records in the 2020 Census | Urban Institute |
Census Jobs
Want to Join the Gig Economy? Join Census | U. S. Census Bureau |
Job Qualifications | U. S. Census Bureau |
Pay & Locations | U. S. Census Bureau |
Census Operations Series, Part 2 | Census Counts |
2020 Census Jobs | Census Outreach (Community Connect Labs) |
Census Jobs Hiring Guidance | Keystone Counts |
Memo on Census jobs and public benefits “Income derived from temporary Census Bureau employment will not affect eligibility for nearly all forms of government assistance.” | Keystone Counts |
Resources for Teaching and Learning
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Resources for Programs
Community Outreach Toolkit | U.S. Census Bureau |
2020 Census Taglines and Logos for 12 Non-English Languages | U. S. Census Bureau |
Complete Count Committees | U. S. Census Bureau |
How to Find Your Nearest Complete Count Committee video | U. S. Census Bureau |
Program Resources listing (Stand Up and Be Counted campaign) | New England Literacy Resource Center |
Digital Organizing Training Series “A set of five trainings that teach digital organizing skills to strengthen census outreach to hard-to-count communities.” | Census Counts |
2020 Census Communications Toolkit | NALEO Educational Fund |
Community Engagement Materials and Toolkit | Count All Kids Campaign |
Census Toolkit For reaching hard-to-count populations | Census Outreach (Community Connect Labs) |
Hagase Contar! Training materials for parents and teachers, and social media outreach kit | NALEO Educational Fund |
Social Media Toolkit for Grandparents Many young children living with their grandparents were not counted in the 2010 Census. | Count All Kids |
How to Access a Data Profile About Your Community Using Census Data video | U. S. Census Bureau |
Partnership Fact Sheet: Community Organizations | U. S. Census Bureau |
News and Advocacy
Census Messaging Strategy Report in slide deck form on effective ways to reach had-to-count populations | Census Counts |
Most U.S. adults intend to partici- pate in 2020 census, but some demographic groups aren’t sure Report on results of survey conducted in Sept 2019 | Pew Research Center |
Counting for Dollars 2020 The role of the decennial census in the geographic distribution of federal funds, with state-by-state reports. | George Washington University Institute of Public Policy |
Census 2020 Hard to Count Map Interactive map that allows searching by state, county, Census tract, ZIP code, Congressional district | City University of New York |
The 2020 Census Matters for Every Student | National Education Association |
2020 Census Anomaly Case Memo | Leadership Conference Census Taskforce |
The Census Project Blog | Blog on advocacy activities |
The Census Could Undercount People Who Don’t Have Internet Access | Slate (Jessica Rosenworcel) |
Stakeholder Toolkit | The Census Project |