Minnesota Ranks No. 1 In Census Response Percentage

Press release from the Wright County Government:

June 16, 2020

Despite the challenges posed by COVID-19, the United States Census is continuing to count the population and Minnesota is leading the way in percentage of responses already received, according to the Census monitoring website publictableau.com.

Minnesota ranks No. 1 among states with a response rate at 70.9 percent, followed by Wisconsin (68.4 percent), Michigan (67.7 percent) and Iowa (67.7 percent.). The national average is 61.4 percent.

Wright County ranks 77th among counties in the nation at 74.7 percent of Census forms completed. While better than the state average, it trails 12 other Minnesota counties, including Carver (80.8 percent), Washington (80.1), Dakota (78.7), Nicollet (78.4), Sherburne (76.7), Chisago (76.7), McLeod (76.5), Isanti (76.3), Goodhue (75.7), Rock (75.5), Brown (75.5) and Hennepin (74.9).

This press release was produced by the Wright County Government. The views expressed here are the author’s own.