2020PCGQR-L-01_IntroLetter_05122022

2020 PCGQR-L-01
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date XX/XX/XXXX.

FROM THE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR DECENNIAL CENSUS PROGRAMS
The U.S. Census Bureau is accepting cases for the 2020 Post-Census Group Quarters Review
(PCGQR) beginning mid-June 2022 until June 30, 2023.
The 2020 PCGQR provides a mechanism for governmental units in the United States and Puerto
Rico, or their designated representatives, to request that the Census Bureau review their
population counts for group quarters they believe were not counted correctly as of April 1, 2020.
If the review process finds discrepancies in these population counts supported by sufficient
documentation, approved revisions to the group quarters population will be provided to the
Population Estimates Program. These updates will be incorporated into the next population base
that the production schedule allows. The population estimates developed from the updated
population base will also be used by the American Community Survey and the Puerto Rico
Community Survey as survey controls so that the population totals from the survey conform to
the updated population estimates. Governmental units include tribal, state, and local officials or
their designated representatives.
Please note that the 2020 PCGQR does not constitute a recount for the 2020 Census. For
example, 2020 Census data products and counts delivered to the President for apportionment,
or the 2020 Census Public Law 94-171 Redistricting Data Files and Geographic Products will not
be updated as a result of the 2020 PCGQR.
Please refer to the attached 2020 PCGQR flyer for more information about this voluntary
program. For further details, visit the 2020 PCGQR website at
as well as the Federal Register Notice, also available on the
website.

census.gov

If you have any questions, please contact the 2020 PCGQR by phone at 1-(844) 242-1765 or by
email at .

Sincerely,

Albert E. Fontenot, Jr.
Associate Director for
Decennial Census Programs
Enclosure

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