Census forms were mailed in March to residents who use a street address for receiving mail. However, the U.S. Census Bureau does not mail census forms to residents who use a post office box for receiving mail.
In 2010, census forms were delivered door to door in person in many non-urban areas, including Horseshoe Bay. However, the Census Bureau temporarily suspended 2020 Census field data collection activities in March. Steps are being taken to reactivate field offices beginning June 1, 2020, in preparation for the resumption of field data collection operations as quickly as possible.
What about all the second homes and unoccupied residences in HSB? A Census Bureau representative said all housing units are mailed a Census form, since the bureau doesn’t know if a home or apartment is occupied or not. Of course, he emphasized that individuals are limited by law to filling out only one Census form, no matter how many homes or residences they may own. “People should determine which location they consider as their home for most of the year, and fill out a Census form for that location only.”
If you did not receive and return a census form via mail, the easiest way to be counted in the 2020 Census is to log onto 2020census.gov and fill out a census response electronically. Unless you received a census form in the mail, you will not have a Census ID number, so just click the button saying you do not have a Census ID and you will follow the questions and prompts to use your home street address.
One of the substantive questions asked is about responders' race or ethnicity. If you click on white or black, you will have the option to further define your choice, such as German, Irish, English or Jamaican, Haitian, Nigerian. If you don't choose to further define your choice, just click on the box again and the form will proceed to the next question.
The Census Bureau is seeking statutory relief from Congress of 120 additional calendar days to deliver final apportionment counts. Under this plan, the Census Bureau would extend the window for field data collection and self-response to October 31, 2020, which will allow for apportionment counts to be delivered to the President by April 30, 2021, and redistricting data to be delivered to the states no later than July 31, 2021.
Once 2020 Census data collection is complete, the Census Bureau begins a lengthy process to produce the apportionment counts, redistricting information and other statistical data products that help guide hundreds of billions of dollars in public and private sector spending per year.
