(NPR) Census, Cut Short A Month, Rushes To Finish All Counting Efforts By Sept. 30

Census, Cut Short A Month, Rushes To Finish All Counting Efforts By Sept. 30





Census, Cut Short A Month, Rushes To Finish All Counting Efforts By Sept. 30






U.S. Census Bureau worker Jennifer Pope wears a face covering at a walk-up counting site in Greenville, Texas, on July 31. The bureau is ending all counting efforts for the 2020 census on Sept. 30, a month shorter than previously announced, the bureau's director confirmed Monday.



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Census, Cut Short A Month, Rushes To Finish All Counting Efforts By Sept. 30



Under pressure to meet legal deadlines Congress has not changed despite pandemic-related delays, the Census Bureau announced a new end date after NPR reported that door knocking will be cut short.