Count Me in College Park for the 2020 Census!

April 1 is Census Day! Every household in the U.S. should have received a letter from the Census Bureau with a 12-digit Census ID in March. You can respond to the Census if you don’t have your Census ID by using your address. Respond online at my2020census.gov in English, Spanish, or 11 other languages. You can respond over the phone by calling 1-844-330-2020 for English or 1-844-468-2020 for Spanish. If you prefer the paper questionnaire, it will be mailed out in April to the households that have not yet responded. The form takes less than ten minutes to complete and your responses are confidential.

As of March 28, the State of Maryland has a 34% response rate, Prince George’s County response rate is 30% and the City of College Park is only at 23%. Your response is critical to secure funding for the community for health care resources, schools, businesses, and City services. Share the message and urge your neighbors to respond!

University students that live off-campus in College Park should respond based on their residence most of the year, even if they are temporarily living with parents due to COVID-19. The University of Maryland will count all students living on-campus, in fraternity and sorority houses, and University-sponsored housing like South Campus Commons in an administrative group count. Learn more here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4Ee8ol_LxY

For more information, click https://www.collegeparkmd.gov/census2020 or contact the Department of Planning, Community & Economic Development at 240-487-3541.