Throw in a pandemic and a cascade of messages from President Trump making many Latinos wary of the census, and the challenge grows exponentially. The situation is likely to be even worse in communities and states where there is less government involvement in the census and fewer organizations on the ground to press for participation. “We are going to continue to push until the deadline.”[Sign up for California Today, our daily newsletter from the Golden State.] In March, the Census Bureau sent out invitations by mail to people across the country asking them to respond to the 2020 census. Next week, after a delay in outreach because of the coronavirus, census workers will start knocking on doors of homes whose residents have not yet participated.

Source: New York Times August 09, 2020 06:56 UTC