AURORA | Social distancing guidelines and stay-at-home orders due to the novel coronavirus outbreak have forced a new timeline in completing the U.S. Census, but federal officials are optimistic the effort to count every person in the country can be finished before the end of the year.
Some elected officials even suggest that now, a time where so many people are home with more time on their hands than usual, is a good time to answer the nine questions on the survey aimed at reaching everybody in the U.S.
“It’s not like you have a lot of other things to do,” Gov. Jared Polis said of the ultimate stuck-at-home activity during a news conference this week.