Laramie, Wyoming – Census Day 2020 was April 1 and Laramie is doing well with its response rate at 48.6%. However, we are still trailing Cheyenne’s response rate of 51.2%. It always feels good to win, by winning the census race we could receive more federal funding, accurate demographic numbers and understand our growth rate better. It’s never been easier to respond to the census! Check it out at www.2020census.gov.
Did you know that a little more than 1,000 residents separated Laramie from Gillette for the 3rd largest population in Wyoming? If we respond and count correctly, we could take over the 3rd spot in Wyoming for the next decade! For information on counting correctly visit www.2020census.gov. Laramie has numerous hard to count populations including children, non-English speaking residents and college students. Remember all the little children born on or before April 1, 2020 need to be counted, that the census is available in many languages and college students should be counted where they spend most of the year living. For us that means that college students should be counted here in Laramie! If you employ, know, Snapchat, Tweet or Facebook with any college students that are still in Laramie or left due to COVID-19 please, encourage them to take the census and respond as a resident of Laramie!
We realize that COVID-19 has affected our community and will affect Census operations by limiting door to door canvasing by Census officials regardless, everybody can and should respond to the census. Please help us by encouraging your neighbors, friends, and family, while maintaining social distancing guidelines, to complete the census at www.2020census.gov. It has never been easier to shape Laramie’s future for the next decade by completing the census online or over the phone at 844-330-2020.
C’mon Laramie! Let’s all get counted and become #1 in the state of Wyoming for responses, wouldn’t it great to beat ole Cheyenne and climb past Gillette for 3rd place?!
If you have any questions, feel free to call Matthew Cox, Associate Planner at mcox@cityoflaramie.org or (307)721-5344.