Census work resumes

WHITMAN COUNTY – 2020 Census questionnaire packets will be dropped off at front doors in Washington state again. The Census Bureau began hand-delivering census materials on March 15, but suspended all fieldwork for this operation on March 18 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

While more than 95 percent of Washington households received their 2020 Census invitations in March, approximately 92,000 residences in rural areas of Washington that do not receive regular U.S. Mail service still have not received a census packet.

The Census Bureau will deliver 2020 Census invitations and paper questionnaires...