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2020 Census To Be Hand-Delivered In Disaster Recovery Areas

The Census Bureau is planning to send workers to personally visit every household in Paradise, Calif.; Mexico Beach, Fla.; and Puerto Rico, which are still recovering from wildfire and hurricanes.
A resident of Mexico Beach, Fla., looks over damage caused to the Florida Panhandle by Hurricane Michael in October 2018.

Some communities still recovering from recent natural disasters will receive special visits by 2020 census workers next year to make sure all residents are counted.

Beginning next March, census workers will hand-deliver paper questionnaires and printed instructions for the national head count to all households in, as well as hurricane-devastated , the Census Bureau confirmed to NPR this week.

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