The Census Bureau this week offered an upbeat assessment of the progress of the great enumeration in Navajo County, avoiding most of the controversies that have hampered vital efforts this year.
“Nationally, 67% of American households chose to answer themselves, an incredible percentage – and higher than in 2010,” Census coordinator Tammy Parise told the council on Tuesday. Navajo County Surveillance.
However, the auto response rate was only 35% in Navajo County and around 24% in the Navajo Reservation. Even Pinetop Lakeside had an automatic response rate of only 34% according to the presentation.
Even so, within two months the Census Agent’s army knocked on the doors of anyone who hadn’t responded to the first poll. If after repeated visits they couldn’t reach anyone, they would go to neighbors or use other administrative records to keep house counts.
As a result, Paris’s help with the census accounted for at least 99% of the total population, despite the pandemic and a host of other issues.
National studies estimate that the lack of a single household costs the state …
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