People can respond to the 2020 Census online or by phone in 12 languages, in addition to English. Consequently, 99% of all households will be able to respond to the census in their language. Furthermore, the Census Bureau will help people respond in 59 non-English languages by providing language guides to assist in filling out the English paper questionnaire.
2020 Census mailings will include instructions in 12 languages in addition to English on how to respond online or by phone. The instructions will detail how to access non-English questionnaires online and will include a separate phone number for each language for contacting phone support.
The Census Bureau will also provide additional materials for the 59 non-English languages supported by the 2020 Census.
American Sign Language
Albanian
Amharic
Arabic
Amenian
Bengali
Bosnian
Bulgarian
Burmese
Chinese
Croatian
Czech
Dutch
Farsi
French
German
Greek
Gujarati
Haitian Creole
Hebrew
Hindi
Hmong
Hungarian
Igbo
Ilocano
Indonesian
Italian
Japanese
Khmer
Korean
Laotian
Lithuanian
Malayalam
Marathi
Navajo
Nepali
Polish
Portuguese
Punjabi
Romanian
Russian
Serbian
Sinhala
Spanish
Slovak
Somali
Swahili
Tagalog
Tamil
Telugu
Thai
Tigrinya
Turkish
Twi
Ukrainian
Urdu
Vietnamese
Yiddish
Yoruba
Outlines language support to help everyone respond to the 2020 Census.
Outlines resources for responding online or by phone in Korean, presented in both English and Korean.
Outlines resources for responding online or by phone in Traditional Chinese, presented in both English and Traditional Chinese.
Outlines resources for responding online or by phone in Simplified Chinese, presented in both English and Simplified Chinese.
Outlines resources for responding online or by phone in Arabic, presented in both English and Arabic.
Outlines resources for responding online or by phone in Russian, presented in both English and Russian.
Outlines resources for responding online or by phone in French, presented in both English and French.
Outlines resources for responding online or by phone in Portuguese, presented in both English and Portuguese.
Outlines resources for responding online or by phone in Spanish, presented in both English and Spanish.
Outlines resources for responding online or by phone in Vietnamese, presented in both English and Vietnamese.
Outlines resources for responding online or by phone in Haitian Creole, presented in both English and Haitian Creole.
Outlines resources for responding online or by phone in Polish, presented in both English and Polish.
Outlines resources for responding online or by phone in Tagalog, presented in both English and Tagalog.
Beginning March 12, the Census Bureau will offer live, non-English help by phone between 7 a.m. – 2 a.m. ET.
Below are phone numbers for help in specified languages:
Telephone Display Device (TDD): 844-467-2020 will also be available for people who have hearing impairments.