The saga of the 2020 U.S. Census appears to have finally come to an end. This year, responding to the census was complicated by the COVID-19 pandemic and the ever-changing response deadline.

While the census deadline is normally July, anticipating coronavirus-related complications, the U.S. Census Bureau initially extended the 2020 response deadline to the end of October to give people more time. But in midsummer, responding to pressure from the Trump administration to meet its…