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MC residents urged to send in census form

Middlesex response rate 27% below state average; funding losses feared

by Larry Chowning – 

It is “census year” and time for Middlesex County households to fill out the 2020 United States Census.

Some Middlesex residents have already filled out the census. The county is currently at a 40.8% self-response rate, which is below the Virginia state average of 67%.

The county’s response rate is about 27% below the statewide average. Currently, just more than 4,000 people in Middlesex have filled out the census. Of the 40.8%, 28.3% filled it out over the Internet. It can be completed online https://my2020census.gov/, by telephone (844) 330-2020, paper and enumerator.

The census counts all residents in a household. If households have not already filled out the census an enumerator (census taker) will be visiting the home.     

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