New 2020 Census Blog: Group Quarters

The group quarters operation faced challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so we adapted our plans.

2020 Census Group Quarters By Deborah Stempowski, Assistant Director for Decennial Census Programs, Operations and Schedule Management, and James Christy, Assistant Director for Field Operations As we continue processing 2020 Census results, we'd like to provide more information on how we count people living in group quarters (GQs), such as nursing homes, military barracks and college/university student housing. We faced particular challenges in this operation related to the COVID-19 pandemic and had to make adjustments as the 2020 Census progressed last year. Read More We have briefly described some of the changes we made and anomalies we've found in earlier blogs. Today we'll share more details on how we typically count people living in group quarters, what we did to adapt data collection and how we're resolving some data processing issues. Continue Reading...   Help us spread the word about Census Bureau data. Share this on social media or forward it to a friend. Share This Recent Updates: 2020 Census Blog Series Finding 'Anomalies' Illustrates 2020 Census Quality Checks Are Working Adapting Field Operations to Meet Unprecedented Challenges Ensuring a Robust and Accurate Data Quality Analysis in the 2020 Census Timeline for Releasing Redistricting Data Census Data Processing 101 2020 Census Processing Updates About Census Partnerships From corporations to policymakers, foundations and non-profits to software developers, the U.S. Census Bureau partners across sectors and industries to help America work better through data. Together, we harness the power of our data, support each other's missions, and co-create solutions to increase data use and participation in Census Bureau surveys and programs. Connect with the partnerships team at census.partners@census.gov to learn more.

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