A shortage of paper 2020 Census questionnaires hurt response rates in Philadelphia, where a large portion of residents don’t have reliable internet access, and likely means the Census Bureau will undercount residents, according to a city review of census operations released Friday. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
Just 55 percent of city residents have returned their census responses — far below the state average of 69 percent. For each Philly resident who fails to fill out the form, Philly loses an estimated $20,000 in would-be federal funding over the next decade. Fortunately, it’s not too late. Here’s what to do. | From: PhillyMag (Read more.)
Groups in the greater Philadelphia area have undertaken a major effort to get as many people counted in the 2020 census as possible — especially low-income communities of color, which are most likely to be undercounted and miss out on federal funding and political representation. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
Outreach workers, who were already canvassing around the clock in intense summer heat, received another in a long series of blows this week when the U.S. Census Bureau announced it would end all counting efforts by Sept. 30. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
Neighborhoods with the lowest response rates in the city — sections of West and North Philly — can expect to see “socially distant pop-up shops” with census workers equipped with tablets and official badges. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
While the LGBTQ subgroup had planned to promote the census in part through a public event geared toward LGBTQ community leaders, this event is no longer a possibility. But the group will continue to disseminate useful census information through an opinion editorial that is in the distribution phase, as well as via social media marketing initiatives. | From: Philadelphia Gay News (Read more.)
The city’s Office of Innovation and Technology awarded its 2019 grants to organizations using tech get hard-to-reach Philadelphians to fill out the online questionnaire. | From: Technical.ly (Read more.)
There are approximately 5,700 people experiencing homelessness in Philadelphia. Of those individuals, nearly 1,000 are unsheltered. While there are resources available for them, many are worried that those resources will go away if there is an undercount of people experiencing homelessness during the 2020 Census. (Read more.)
Will González, the executive director of Ceiba, works in the Ceiba office on Feb. 18, 2020. Ceiba, a coalition of Latinx community organizations located on the southwest corner of Norris Square, is informing Latinxs and other community organizations about the 2020 Census. | From: Kensington Voice (Read more.)
The U.S. Census Bureau erred in calculating a major national poverty measure — the second mistake reported by the bureau in the last month. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
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