In this Jan. 3, 2020, photo, a woman fills out a pledge card for the U.S. Census in exchange for a reusable boba tea carton at a boba drink competition in Phoenix. The coronavirus has waylaid efforts to get as many people as possible to take part in the census. (AP Photo/Terry Tang)
March 28, 2020
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March 28, 2020 8:26 p.m.
Texts, not door-knocks: Census outreach shifts amid virus
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — In tiny Munfordville, Kentucky, the closure of the public library has cut people off from a computer used only for filling out census forms online. In Minneapolis, a concert promoting the once-a-decade count is now virtual. In Orlando, Florida, advocates called off knocking on doors in a neighborhood filled with new residents from Puerto Rico.