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2020 Census: Changes Planned to Improve Data Quality

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Dec. 20, 2019
Release Date Dec. 20, 2019
Report No. GAO-20-282
Summary:

Census data is used for things like congressional redistricting and to allocate billions each year in federal funds. Consequently, it is necessary that the Census Bureau ensures that the data it collects is accurate and of high quality.

We described the Census Bureau’s plans to resolve data quality issues facing the 2020 Census, like missing or incomplete responses.

For instance, to resolve missing household responses, the Bureau plans to draw data from, among other sources, prior census records and similar nearby households to determine whether a housing unit exists, whether it is occupied, and by how many people.

Census worker approaching a house

Census worker approaching a house

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