Lake Havasu City welcomes 2020 Census workers to our community. Census workers are visiting our neighborhoods to canvass addresses in our area, and will continue through October.

Mayor Cal Sheehy urges the public to participate in the Census 2020 effort to ensure a complete count.  “Everyone that lives here must be counted. Simply put, not counting our residents in Lake Havasu City would divert millions and millions of dollars to other communities who have an accurate count.  Money generated through the Census count will help us maintain and improve our roads, public safety services, and attract more businesses.”

Census workers knock on doors and ask a few simple questions to verify the address and any additional living quarters on the property for inclusion in the census.

Employees introduce themselves as a Census Bureau employee, show their official government ID badge, and explain the purpose of the visit. People may also ask them for a picture ID from another source to confirm their identity.

In-Field address canvassing improves and refines the Census Bureau’s address list of households nationwide, which is necessary to deliver invitations to respond to the Census. The address list plays a vital role in ensuring a complete and accurate count of everyone. This is a normal part of the 2020 Census preparation and data collection process.

The 2020 Census officially starts counting people in January 2020. Most households in the country will start receiving invitations to respond online, by phone or by mail in March 2020.

The U.S. Constitution mandates that a census of the population be conducted once every 10 years. Census data is used to determine the number of seats each state holds in Congress and how more than $675 billion in federal funds are distributed back to states and local communities every year for services and infrastructure, including health care, jobs, schools, roads and businesses. 

For more information on address canvassing, visit the Census Bureau website.