Census work resumes

4 Census questionnaire packets will be dropped off at front doors in Washington state beginning this week. The U.S. Census Bureau will leave the packets in areas where the majority of households do not receive mail at their physical address. The Census Bureau began hand-delivering census materials on March 15, but suspended all fieldwork for this operation on March 18 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

While more than 95 percent of Washington households received their 2020 Census invitations in March, approximately 92,000 residences in rural areas of Washington that do not receive regular U.S. M...