The pandemic-plagued 2020 had a formidable opponent to contest with this year: the U.S. census.

To accommodate pandemic concerns, summertime civil unrest, severe weather and other extreme circumstances, census operations remained fluid throughout the year.

Operations had a normal start for the U.S. Census Bureau this spring, when census workers began informing citizens about Census Day April 1.

Census Day kicked-off the self response phase of the count. This phase was originally slated to end with nonresponse follow ups July 31.

In March, Gov. Tom Wolf encouraged the bureau to extend the July 31 deadline.

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