CENSUS 2020: IMPORTANT DATES, 2019-2021

2019

• Open Wave 1 Area Census Offices (ACOs)—January through March

• Open remaining ACOs - July through September

• Complete Count Committees (CCC) Plan Complete

2020

• Advertising begins - early 2020

• Census beings in Remote Alaska—January 21

• Mailings begin to Internet First and Internet Choice cohorts

  • Self-Response Mail Strategy and Dates

• Census Day - April 1

• Nonresponse Followup (NRFU) - April through July

• Apportionment (state) counts to the President—December 31

2021

• Redistricting counts to the states—March 31

  • Public Law (PL) File 94-171

For more information, check out these resources:

• 2020 Census Update - November 2017

• 2020 Census Update - January 2017

• Partnership Program (page 21) and Complete Count Committees (page 24), Census presentation

• Partnership Program, Cornell University

ARCHIVE: IMPORTANT PAST DATES

2018

• Finalize Census 2020 question wording - March 31

• End-to-End Census Test - April 1

  • Providence County, RI

• Open Regional Census Centers (RCCs) - April

• LUCA—Address verification and coordination with states/municipalities - ongoing

• Partnership Program Launch

• Form Complete Count Committees (CCCs)

For more information, check out the Funders’ Committee for Civic Participation (FCCP) website.