How Alameda County Is Trying To Get 'Hard To Count’ Populations To Fill Out The 2020 Census

The deadline to get counted for Census 2020 is just around the corner — September 30. The good news is California has surpassed its 2010 census response rate. But, a quarter of Californians are considered "hard to count" because of language barriers, mistrust in government, or because they are unhoused or undocumented. The citizenship question that the Trump administration wanted to include added to immigrant fear and anxiety around the census. And then, there’s a new obstacle — the constraints of COVID-19. One county that is dealing with all these issues is Alameda. In this interview, Casey Farmer, Executive Director of Alameda County's Complete Count Committee for Census 2020, shares an update.