It’s a busy time as colleges and universities respond to the COVID-19 coronavirus in Tennessee by transitioning to online classes and preparing for students to leave campus and residence halls for the remainder of the semester.

It’s important to remind college students—both on and off campus—that responding to the Census is an big part of getting a complete count. Download and customize these promotional materials to help spread the word on your campus.

The race is on to get students counted in the 2020 Census at colleges and universities around Tennessee before many leave for the summer. Student’s are counted in apartments, dormitories, fraternities and sororities where they live on April 1, not the permanent address of a parent or guardian.

Want to see how the 2020 Census temporary hiring is affecting employment in your area? A new dashboard from the Tennessee State Data Center shows just how many temporary workers are employed in each state across the nation.

An accurate count in the upcoming 2020 Census is incredibly important for Tennessee. In hopes of increasing response rates when the forms go out in mid-March, the Tennessee Office of Criminal Justice Programs has announced a “Tennessee Counts” grant program.

New population estimates show Tennessee still is the 16th most populous state, but it’s now within 63,000 of No. 15 Massachusetts after growing at a 0.85% rate last year.

In October, we released the 2018-2070 Boyd Center Population Projections. To help facilitate both access analysis, we published a new population projections dashboard earlier this month.

Those helping to promote and raise awareness of the 2020 Census received some important information in November. The Census Bureau published a map showing how households will be invited to participate in the census next March.

The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development  launched a new website aimed at promoting investment in the state’s 176 census tracts designated as opportunity zones (OZ) – areas where long-term investments can benefit low-income communities.

Thanks to everyone across the state who gathered in Nashville on October 22nd for our 2019 Conference. We had a great turnout with about a 100 people in attendance throughout the day. Slide decks from all our presenters have been posted to the website.