San Mateo County’s Census Response Rate Leads State

SAN MATEO COUNTY, CA — San Mateo County is being counted at a rate like no other in the state.

As of Wednesday, San Mateo County led the state with a 73.9 percent self-response rate, the county announced in a news release Friday.

Santa Mateo County’s current response exceeds both the national rate of 62.8 percent and California’s (64 percent).

The current self-response rate is higher than San Mateo County’s 2010 census rate of 73.2%.

Still, over a quarter of households are still left to be accounted for, and county officials said they’re committed to continuing its census outreach to historically under-counted communities.

Beginning on Aug. 11, census enumerators will be making in person visits to households that have not yet filled out their census forms. Enumerators will conduct in-person interviews to collect the information required to fill out the census for that household.

Over the remaining months of census data collection enumerators will make repeated visits to households that they are not able to contact on the first attempt.

Even though in person data collection is beginning in August, the census can still be filled out online or by phone at any time.

The deadline to self-respond to the 2020 Census has been extended to Oct. 31 due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

The 2020 Census Questionnaire can be completed at my2020census.gov or by calling (844) 330-2020.

“San Mateo County spans from the rural and agricultural Pacific Coast to the tech-centric highway 101 corridor and surveying that diverse population can be difficult,” the county said in a statement of its enumeration efforts.

“To ensure that the County receives its fair share of resources, the San Mateo County government has invested in a comprehensive strategy to achieve a complete and accurate count. Through a substantial program of community-based outreach, San Mateo County aims to leave no person unaccounted for.”