In these pandemic times, it’s tempting to put seeming trivialities on the back-burner. Hence, Alabama’s 99.9% household response was no easy feat. The Outlook encourages Alabamians to join it in taking pride in this fact.

Earlier this year, the census seemed doomed to fail. Households made difficult to reach by the pandemic had other priorities to sort. The Census Bureau had to get creative with its outreach, shifting from in-person events to webinars and Twitter chats.