“San Mateo County has the second-highest mail census participation rate in California as of early May, according to an update which shows the results mimic the turnout of the last count a decade ago.
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The county’s efforts focused this year on 19 hard-to-count communities, deemed so based on socio-economic factors like age, education levels and public assistance. Eighteen of the areas — the La Honda/Pescadero region will be included in September — showed an 8 percent increase from the 2000 census, according to the figures provided by Census Coordinator Margot Grant.
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While the census update was positive in participation figures, the review also highlighted areas that need fixing for 2020. Coastal communities like La Honda, El Granada and Moss Beach were misclassified which caused approximately 3,0000 census forms being returned to sender. The problem was left unresolved for weeks because postal workers didn’t know who to contact. The mistake is why the data for that region isn’t yet included in the participation rate. […]”
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