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Washington State Hits Important Census Milestone

Posted: 7/13/2020 (Demography News)

The state of Washington hit an important census milestone recently when it reached the final self-response rate from 2010.  As of June 29, 67.2% of all households in the state have answered the census. This is a remarkable achievement and Washington is only the second state in the country to reach this milestone (Michigan was the first). CSDE is maintaining links to the latest updates about the census here.

In addition to our state response rate, 17 counties have also reached this important milestone – that is about 44% of the state.

A few census highlights for Washington:

  • Washington has the highest response rate for any state west of the Rocky Mountains and has the sixth highest rate for the entire country.
  • Washington is only about 4% behind Minnesota, the number one state for self-response.
  • Of the ten largest cities in the state, Spokane has the best response rate (71.5%).
  • Of the 50 largest cities in the country, Seattle is ranked number two (edged out by Louisville, Ky.)
  • Brier (Snohomish County) has the highest response rate in the state (85.6%). Brier is among the top 100 best-responding municipalities out of 19,197 in the country.
  • More than 87 percent of Washington households have answered the 2020 Census online.

We still need to count about 32.8% of households in the state to reach 100%. Please encourage everyone who hasn’t to self-respond now before census workers start going door-to-door in August as part of the Non-Response Follow-Up operation.

It is easy to self-respond now:

  1. Online at 2020census.gov
  2. Call toll-free 844.330.2020 (English) or 844.469.2020 (Spanish) from 4 .am. to 11 p.m.
  3. Return paper form (if you received one)