The Census Bureau is studying ways to run a more cost-effective census in 2020, anticipating that a repeat of its 2010 data-collection efforts would lead to unsustainable costs.
The options include using online surveys, increasing use of federal administrative records to compile data, using a more targeted approach to address canvassing, and relying more on the private sector for help with geographic mapping — to make sure map features are aligned with their true locations. [cont.]
Josh Hicks, Washington Post