Lincoln County rate at 30.7 percent
The Nevada Census 2020 announced Nevada has reached a 61.5% self-response rate milestone, officially surpassing Nevada’s 2010’s final Census response rate, which was 61.4%. The U.S self-response rate currently sits at 62.3%. Nevada is the third state in the country to meet its 2010 final response rate.
Due to COVID-19 delays, deadlines for completing Census forms have been pushed to October 31, 2020.
The top three performing Nevada cities based on self-response rates include:
- Henderson: 70.9 percent
- Boulder City: 69.5 percent
- Fallon: 69.4 percent
The top three performing Nevada counties based on self-response rates include:
- Churchill County: 68.4%
- Carson City County: 65.7%
- Lyon County: 65.5%
The top performing Congressional District based on response rates is Congressional District 3 (occupying south of Las Vegas, including Henderson, Boulder City and much of unincorporated Clark County) with 66.5%. Other Congressional District response rates include:
- CD1: 53.6%
- CD2: 63.3%
- CD4: 61.2%
Additional statewide response rates include:
| Caliente: 44.7% Carlin: 38.9% Carson City: 65.7% Clark County: 61.7% Douglas County: 63.9% Elko: 57% Elko County: 51.4% Ely: 52.7% Esmeralda County: 13.6% Eureka County: 22.3% Fernley: 68% Humboldt County: 55.3% Lander County: 41.9% Las Vegas: 63.7% Lincoln County: 30.7% | Lovelock: 36.4% Mesquite: 67.2% Mineral County: 45.9% North Las Vegas: 63.1% Nye County: 44.2% Pershing County: 43.8% Reno: 63.6% Storey County: 59.3% Sparks: 65.4% Washoe County: 64.7% Wells: 38% West Wendover: 50.2% White Pine County: 45.3% Winnemucca: 59.1% Yerington: 60.7% |
Nevadans can complete the Census online (www.census.nv.gov), via phone (844-330-2020; for Spanish 844-468-2020), or mail in the hard copy questionnaire.
For every person counted, Nevada stands to receive $2,000 each year for ten years that goes directly to help fund communities to stay healthy, safe and educated – that’s over $67 billion in federal funding over ten years if everyone is counted. Funding programs include, but not limited to:
- Medicaid
- Health Care Centers
- Nutrition Services for Senior Citizens
- School breakfast programs
- Head Start
- Pell Grants
- Career and Technical Education Grants
- Highway Planning and Construction
- Water & Waste Disposal Systems for Rural Communities