Final Participation Rates for Mailout portion of Census 2010 Released

The Census Bureau has released the final Census 2010 participation rates from the mail-out mail-back operation, the first phase of the data collection. On Saturday, Census takers will begin the next phase, non-response follow-up, which includes visiting those addresses that did not respond to the Census forms.

The nation reached the level of participation achieved during Census 2000 (72%) and Texas has exceeded the 2000 rate by 1% (69%). For CAPCOG counties, all have met or exceeded the 2000 level of participation except for Blanco. The table below summaries each county.

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Fifteen cities in the CAPCOG region had participation rates increase by double digits when compared to the rate in 2000. Here's a look at those cities.

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Thirty cities in the region had participation rates over 75%, here's a table of those.

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Although Austin did not reach 75%, its participation rate (at 69%) did go up by 1% compared to the Census 2000 rate. And it also exceeded the rates of both Dallas and Houston. This table shows the participation rates for the 20 most populated Texas cities.

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Lastly, though these numbers look pretty good so far, the work has not been finished for Census 2010. Any remaining Census forms that are returned will still be counted. Also, group quarter enumeration continues and housing units not returning a form will be visited up to six times in order to get a response from that household or determine that the unit is vacant.

To view more Census 2010 participation rate data for all states, cities in Texas with an estimated population of 50,000 or more, and all CAPCOG cities, view these spreadsheets. You can also check out the Take10 map.

Here are the notes for all tables above.