Census - 2020 Decennial Census, FY 2019 - FY 2023
Investment ID: 006-000402400
Overview
Program Title
Census - 2020 Decennial Census, FY 2019 - FY 2023
Description
This investment covers Ramp up, Peak Operations and Closeout Phase (FYs 2019-2023) for the 2020 Census.
Type of Program
Non-major IT Investments
Multi-Agency Category
Not Applicable
Associated Websites
http://www.census.gov/2020census
Investment Detail
The goal of the 2020 Census is to count everyone once, only once, and in the right place. As the cost of completing this goal has significantly increased each decade since 1970 as the population becomes more challenging to count, the Census Bureau undertook a challenge this decade to design the 2020 Census to cost less per housing unit than the 2010 Census (when adjusted for inflation), while continuing to maintain high quality results. The cost of repeating the 2010 Census methodology in 2020 is $120 per housing unit and the 2020 Census, as currently designed, is expected to cost $107 per housing unit. The Census Bureau plans to achieve this through the most automated, modern, and dynamic decennial census in history.