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Census response rates for cities with a population of 500,000 or more as of 5/17/2020.
71.0% - Louisville, KY
69.2% - Seattle, WA
68.0% - San Jose, CA
67.1% - Portland, OR
66.0% - San Diego, CA
63.4% - Sacramento, CA
63.1% - Albuquerque, NM
62.0% - Denver, CO
61.4% - Las Vegas, NV
60.4% - Jacksonville, FL
59.6% - United States
59.3% - Mesa, AZ
59.2% - Fresno, CA
59.1% - El Paso, TX
58.8% - Indianapolis, IN
58.6% - Oklahoma City, OK
58.0% - Austin, TX
58.0% - Tucson, AZ
57.8% - Charlotte, NC
57.7% - Phoenix, AZ
57.6% - San Francisco, CA
57.1% - Fort Worth, TX
56.4% - Nashville, TN
56.4% - San Antonio, TX
55.9% - Columbus, OH
55.4% - Washington, DC
55.3% - Milwaukee, WI
So what's the benefit to having a high response rate anyway? Doesn't Census just make a guess for the 40% who don't respond?
It's not like the population totals are equal to the sum of responses.
To be clear, OP is posting what amounts to the first round of reporting - the % who self-reported. This is basically the first pass at the count. Non-responders will get follow-up letters and if need be, in-person visits from enumerators. If none of the follow-up measures succeed, only then does the Census resort to approximation techniques - ouch! please don't call them guesses :-) - to assign head count and other values.
Damn, it's such a simple thing, filling out that form. And with most of us confined to home anyway, what's the excuse for not doing it? I've seen ideological gibberish on some local forums here in Philly, but all most of those posts do is shine a light on peoples' ignorance of the importance of the Census data and how it is used. The population of knuckleheads who are opposed to being counted undoubtedly overlap with the population that gripes about the city not getting sufficient funding for transit, education, etc. ... Getting off soapbox now (for a while).
Census response rates for cities with a population of 500,000 or more as of 5/24/2020.
71.5% - Louisville, KY
69.7% - Seattle, WA
68.5% - San Jose, CA
67.7% - Portland, OR
66.5% - San Diego, CA
63.9% - Sacramento, CA
63.7% - Albuquerque, NM
62.5% - Denver, CO
62.0% - Las Vegas, NV
60.9% - Jacksonville, FL 60.1% - United States
59.9% - El Paso, TX
59.8% - Fresno, CA
59.8% - Mesa, AZ
59.3% - Indianapolis, IN
59.1% - Oklahoma City, OK
58.6% - Austin, TX
58.5% - Tucson, AZ
58.4% - Charlotte, NC
58.2% - Phoenix, AZ
58.1% - San Francisco, CA
57.5% - Fort Worth, TX
57.1% - Nashville, TN
57.0% - San Antonio, TX
56.4% - Columbus, OH
56.1% - Washington, DC
55.7% - Milwaukee, WI
52.6% - Chicago, IL
51.9% - Dallas, TX
51.3% - Memphis, TN
50.8% - Houston, TX
50.3% - Boston, MA
50.2% - Baltimore, MD
50.1% - New York, NY
49.9% - Los Angeles, CA
49.4% - Philadelphia, PA
46.2% - Detroit, MI
Here are the Census response rates for cities with a population of 500,000 or more as of 6/24/2020. The second figure shows the response rates from a month ago.
72.5% (71.5%) - Louisville, KY
70.9% (69.7%) - Seattle, WA
69.7% (68.5%) - San Jose, CA
68.8% (67.7%) - Portland, OR
67.7% (66.5%) - San Diego, CA
65.2% (63.9%) - Sacramento, CA
65.2% (63.7%) - Albuquerque, NM
63.6% (62.5%) - Denver, CO
63.2% (62.0%) - Las Vegas, NV
62.2% (60.9%) - Jacksonville, FL 61.7% (60.1%) - United States
61.4% (59.9%) - El Paso, TX
61.4% (59.8%) - Fresno, CA
60.7% (59.8%) - Mesa, AZ
60.4% (59.3%) - Indianapolis, IN
60.2% (58.6%) - Austin, TX
60.2% (59.1%) - Oklahoma City, OK
59.9% (58.4%) - Charlotte, NC
59.8% (58.5%) - Tucson, AZ
59.6% (58.1%) - San Francisco, CA
59.5% (58.2%) - Phoenix, AZ
58.7% (57.5%) - Fort Worth, TX
58.5% (57.0%) - San Antonio, TX
58.4% (57.1%) - Nashville, TN
57.7% (56.1%) - Washington, DC
57.5% (56.4%) - Columbus, OH
56.7% (55.7%) - Milwaukee, WI
54.1% (52.6%) - Chicago, IL
53.2% (51.9%) - Dallas, TX
52.6% (50.1%) - New York, NY
52.4% (51.3%) - Memphis, TN
52.2% (50.8%) - Houston, TX
51.9% (50.3%) - Boston, MA
51.7% (50.2%) - Baltimore, MD
51.3% (49.9%) - Los Angeles, CA
50.7% (49.4%) - Philadelphia, PA
I submitted my census one day last week on-line, over my smart phone. It didn't even take 5 minutes. I was expecting at least 15 minutes. That's just one reason why I kept putting it off. So if somebody is putting it off because they think it might be time consuming, it isn't.
The other reasons I put the census off:
1. the Coranavirus, and stay-at-home orders, mandatory wearing of masks.
2. rioting, protests, culture changes, culture wars, the extreme politics on all sides, all the chaos the country is experiencing.
3. the stress of paying property taxes and IRS tax returns,
4. the fact that I'm stubborn and a procrastinor by nature.
It's been a very emotionally draining year, so the 2020 census pretty much stayed on the back-burner until I realized I could do it over the smart phone. I must admit, once all was completed, I felt a real sense of accomplishment that I found to be extremely exhilerating. It was almost like a "rush". I felt real good about myself.
Look at Seattle's response man (67.7%). It's the only major city that's not a suburb in the top 10. Clearly deserving of its high tech, well-educated reputation.
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5/24/2020 Update
