It's Census Day. What Happens Now?

By Jade Hindmon / KPBS Midday Edition Co-Host, Pat Finn / Producer

Published April 1, 2020 at 9:34 AM PDT

This story was published more than 4 years ago.

How the U.S. Census Bureau divides the country into regions.

Wednesday may officially be Census Day in the United States, but the Census has actually been in progress since January when the count began in remote regions of Alaska. What are the challenges involved in counting every person living in the U.S., and what is the process in San Diego?

Wednesday is officially Census Day. April 1 begins the massive job of counting every person living in the United States.

But the Census has actually been in progress since January when the U.S. Census Bureau began the count in the native village of Toksook Bay, Alaska and opened regional offices across the U.S.

By now, every person with a mailing address should have received a letter from the Census Bureau with an invitation to participate. Millions have responded already.

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Jeff Enos, deputy manager of the LA Regional Census Center, joins KPBS Midday Edition on Wednesday to guide us through all aspects of the Census: The importance of participating, what the data is used for and who uses it, how you can respond if you haven’t, what questions are asked and why, how race and ethnicity are addressed, and how the Census Bureau has adjusted their procedures in the face of the Coronavirus pandemic.

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Jade Hindmon is KPBS Midday Edition co-host. Prior to making San Diego home, Jade worked in markets across the Southeast and Midwest, building a network of sources to tell the stories of people in each community. She worked as a multimedia journalist and anchor at WRTV in Indianapolis. While there, she launched “The Weekend Edition of Good Morning Indiana” and generated breaking news content for both broadcast and digital platforms. Prior to Indianapolis, she was an anchor and multimedia journalist at FOX Carolina in Greenville, SC. As part of that Emmy Award winning team, she covered elections, landed exclusive interviews, and interviewed presidential candidates. Jade also had the opportunity to cover international news and was able to travel to South Africa during the 2010 World Cup. Jade is a three-time Emmy nominee, a National Association of Black Journalists Salute to Excellence Finalist, and the recipient of a South Carolina Associated Press Award. She is a proud graduate of Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University.

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Pat Finn

Pat Finn previously served as a producer for KPBS Midday Edition and KPBS Evening Edition. Finn began her career in broadcasting at KTLA and KCET in Los Angeles. In 1979 she became KPBS’ Public Information Director, then Director of Advertising and Promotion, Program Director, and Director of Broadcasting. She oversaw the station’s local and national productions, including the one-hour documentary Los Romeros: The Royal Family of the Guitar, and Child Protective Services, a one-hour look inside the San Diego County agency responsible for the welfare of at risk children. Both programs also aired on public television stations nationwide. Finn has earned honors from the Society of Professional Journalists and the Pacific Southwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

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