Concerns raised over census ending early

Bear Paw Development Corp. Executive Director Paul Tuss said the 2020 Census in Hill County did not go as well as it could have and negative consequences may result, depending on what the data from the rest of the state and country looks like.

Tuss said while the county’s number of respondents increased from the 2010 Census, the number of self-responses to the census is cause for concern.

He said Hill County saw a self-response rate of 57 percent this year, well-below the 62 percent seen in 2010.

“We didn’t really hit the mark with regards to self-response,” he said.

Tuss said the Census Burea...