The Nevada Census 2020 outreach team is providing periodic updates on the statewide self-response rates for the 2020 Census. Information provided by the U.S. Census Bureau reflects data as of Monday, July 20.
Nevada has reached a 61.5% self-response rate milestone, officially surpassing Nevada’s 2010’s final Census response rate, which was 61.4%. The U.S self-response rate currently sits at 62.3%. Nevada is the third state in the country to meet its 2010 final response rate.
Due to COVID-19 delays, deadlines for completing Census forms have been pushed to October 31, 2020.
The top three performing Nevada cities based on self-response rates include:
- Henderson: 70.9%
- Boulder City: 69.5%
- Fallon: 69.4%
The top three performing Nevada counties based on self-response rates include:
- Churchill County: 68.4%
- Carson City County: 65.7%
- Lyon County: 65.5%
The top performing Congressional District based on response rates is Congressional District 3 (occupying south of Las Vegas, including Henderson, Boulder City and much of unincorporated Clark County) with 66.5%. Other Congressional District response rates include:
- CD1: 53.6%
- CD2: 63.3%
- CD4: 61.2%
Additional statewide response rates include:
- Caliente: 44.7%
- Carlin: 38.9%
- Carson City: 65.7%
- Clark County: 61.7%
- Douglas County: 63.9%
- Elko: 57%
- Elko County: 51.4%
- Ely: 52.7%
- Esmeralda County: 13.6%
- Eureka County: 22.3%
- Fernley: 68%
- Humboldt County: 55.3%
- Lander County: 41.9%
- Las Vegas: 63.7%
- Lincoln County: 30.7%
- Lovelock: 36.4%
- Mesquite: 67.2%
- Mineral County: 45.9%
- North Las Vegas: 63.1%
- Nye County: 44.2%
- Pershing County: 43.8%
- Reno: 63.6%
- Storey County: 59.3%
- Sparks: 65.4%
- Washoe County: 64.7%
- Wells: 38%
- West Wendover: 50.2%
- White Pine County: 45.3%
- Winnemucca: 59.1%
- Yerington: 60.7%
It’s important Nevadans know they can be counted without leaving home. Now easier than ever,
Nevadans can complete the Census through one of three safe, confidential and quick ways from the comfort of their own homes: online (www.census.nv.gov), via phone (844-330-2020; for Spanish 844-468-2020), or mail in the hard copy questionnaire.
For every person counted, Nevada stands to receive $2,000 each year for ten years that goes directly to help fund communities to stay healthy, safe and educated – that’s over $67 billion in federal funding over ten years if everyone is counted. Funding programs include, but not limited to:
- Medicaid
- Health Care Centers
- Nutrition Services for Senior Citizens
- School breakfast programs
- Head Start
- Pell Grants
- Career and Technical Education Grants
- Highway Planning and Construction
- Water & Waste Disposal Systems for Rural Communities
