On behalf of the joint city-county Complete Count Committee (CCC), CI:Now has launched a new online data tool to help the CCC and others monitor local response rates and finely target outreach strategies. Place-based data has become even more critical as the CCC was forced to shift the initial “high-touch” strategy in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, meaning that community-based partners like nonprofits and churches could no longer rely on in-person interaction with participants.
The interactive 2020 Census Response Rates tool displays response rate trends for the county, area cities and towns, and census tracts, comparing current response rates to 2020 goals and to the 2010 mail return rate. The Tract Selector allows anyone to select and download data for census tracts meeting user-set criteria for jurisdiction (City Council District, County Commissioner Precinct, unincorporated areas, Texas House District, and Texas Senate District) and many indicators of risk of undercount.
CI:Now developed the 2020 Census Response Rates tool with funding from the John L. Santikos Charitable Foundation, a fund of the San Antonio Area Foundation.