DETROIT Census teams across Michigan are urging people to fill out their census forms, and they said today is the day. We are currently tied for fourth in the nation, said Michigan 2020 Census Director Kerry Ebersole-Singh. And keep in mind, these are federal dollars. There are tax dollars weve already paid them to Washington DC and being counted in the census is one way we get them it back into our communities, she said. The last day to fill out your census is Sept. 30, instead of Oct. 31.

Don’t forget to check your email because you may receive an email from the U.S. Census Bureau in the near future. In an effort to gathering more responses, the bureau is planning to email more than 20 million households in low-responding areas through September to encourage them to take part in the census. This will include residents who have already filled out the census but live in the low-response areas. The city of Detroit’s census response rate was 47.9 percent as of July 15. The deadline for households to respond to the 2020 Census is Oct. 31.