Tuesday, census workers began the in-person follow-up process for households that have yet to respond to the questionnaires left on doors earlier this summer. Enumerators are under increased time pressure after the U.S. Census Bureau announced last week that the response deadline had been moved up a month to Sept. 30.
The census, mandated by the U.S. Constitution, is a population count of everyone living in the United States that is used to determine congressional…