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Pleasanton appears to have surpassed its most recent self-response rate and the majority of households already replied to the 2020 United States Census Survey, according to statistics compiled from the U.S. Census Bureau.
The most recently available data on the bureau’s website shows the city has a 81.2% self-response rate, as of Oct. 27. Pleasanton’s final self-response rate in 2010 was 79.3%.
California’s average self-response rate for the current census was 69.7% of households, slightly higher than the national average of 67% .
Self-response rates include households that responded online or by phone or mail to the survey. Households that respond on their own free up regional census teams to search out hard-to-find and hard-to-count populations, such as Livermore’s ranch and vineyard workers and low-income immigrants that were the focus of targeted local census efforts.
An accurate census count ensures the appropriate allotment of federal resources and political representation for Americans. The forthcoming process this spring of redistricting, or redrawing political district boundaries, is based on population trends reported by the census.
Political districts from the federal down to local level, including school boards, will all play a role.
Most census tracts in Pleasanton currently have self-response rates ranging from approximately 80% to 91%, but a few smaller ones by Interstate 580 have lower rates between 61% to 66%.
Pleasanton also made the top 50 self-responding cities of up to 1 million people in California, at No. 47, along with Livermore at No. 30.
The city of Livermore moved up higher on the list due to its 82.6% self-response rate, besting its 2010 rate of 75%. Livermore’s census tracts also reported higher overall self-response rates compared to Pleasanton of 74.7% to 91.3%.
Dublin has improved its self-response rate since the last survey, and made the top 100 California cities of up to 1 million residents at No. 96. For 2020, 78.7% of households replied to the survey, compared to a final count of 71% in 2010.
Self-response rates among Dublin census tracts ranged from about 72% to 89%, with the exception of one small area reporting 61%. That area also had lower online response of approximately 58%, compared to 68% or more in the rest of the city.
In all three Tri-Valley cities, approximately 75% of households overall responded to the survey online.
Alameda County is No. 7 of the top ten highest self-response rates among the state’s 58 counties, joining Contra Costa, Santa Clara and San Mateo counties, with a 75.8% self-response rate.
After the data from each county is received, the U.S. Census Bureau will prepare and formally present the information to President Donald Trump’s administration by next Thursday (Dec. 31).
