2020 Census: Counting Young Children

Free Resources to Keep Kids Learning Amid School Closures

Toolkits that include valuable resources for parents and guardians to use at home with students from pre-K through high school.

Census Highlights Efforts to Count Every Child in the 2020 Census

Federation of Pediatric Organizations Announces Every Child Counts Day at Cleveland Event.

Census Bureau Hosts Family Festival With Pediatricians

Walkaround Characters from Sesame Street—Rosita and The Count—and Cat in the Hat from Dr. Seuss Enterprises to Be Part of 2020 Census Event.

Census Bureau Joins Organizations to Help Count Young Children

Census Bureau joins national and local partners at an event in Cleveland on Feb. 22 to raise awareness about the importance of counting kids in 2020.

Big Push to Count Every Newborn and Young Child in 2020 Census

Children under 5 are one of the largest undercounted groups in the United States. The U.S. Census Bureau is making a concerted effort to count all children.

2020 Census in the Classroom

For the upcoming school year, the Census Bureau’s Statistics in Schools program will teach students and parents why everyone should respond to the 2020 Census.

Improving Our Count of Young Children

By conducting the decennial census, the Census Bureau aims to count everyone living in the United States once, only once, and in the right place.

Counting Young Children in Censuses and Surveys

There is a well-documented undercount of children ages 4 and under in population censuses.