Rural census response is running behind, especially online; interactive maps show how your county is doing
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| Housing Assistance Council maps, labeled, with legend below; for interactive versions, click here. |
Rural residents are filling out their census forms more slowly than other Americans, reports the Housing Assistance Council, which helps build homes in the rural U.S.
As of May 17, almost 60 percent of U.S. households had responded to the census. HAC used Census Bureau data and a tract-level analysis to estimate response rates for rural, suburban, and urban census tracts. Suburban areas had the response rate, 66%, rural and small-town tracts were at 53%.
“This year’s census response was always a concern for rural communities given long-established internet deficiencies, household dynamics and poor connectivity in many rural markets,” HAC notes. “Lower response rates in rural America are likely due to a combination of factors, but many rural households have not received their census invitations and have had no opportunity to participate.”
Druggies don’t care about this stuff and LC is ate up with them.
According to the 2020 Census website, the response rate for Lawrence county is 57.6%. Far higher than what’s reported here