U.S. Census Bureau extends census deadline to Oct. 31

Employees sought to help with 2020 census

The U.S. Census Bureau announced late Friday to the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs and Alabama Counts the 2020 census deadline will be extended to Oct. 31.

A press release was sent to census workers, “On Oct. 2, 2020, the message below was sent to census takers working on the 2020 census: ‘As a result of court orders, the Oct. 5, 2020 target date is not operative and data collection operations will continue through Oct. 31, 2020. Employees should continue to work diligently and enumerate as many people as possible. Contact your supervisor with any questions.”