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APPENDIX B: UNDERSTANDING THE LANGUAGE OF THE 2020 CENSUS GLOSSARY The 2020 Census From A to Z A Address Canvassing The Address Canvassing program implements meth- ods to improve and refine the U.S. Census Bureau's address list in advance of the 2020 Census enumera- tion. The Census Bureau needs the address and physical location of each living quarter in the United States and Puerto Rico to conduct and tabulate the census. An accurate list ensures that residents will be invited to participate in the census and that the cen- sus counts residents in the correct location. American Community Survey (ACS) A monthly sample household survey conducted by the Census Bureau to obtain information similar to the long -form census questionnaire. The ACS is sent to a small percentage of the U.S. population on a rotating basis. First tested in 1995, it replaced the long form for the 2010 Census. Since 2004, ACS has provided annual data for social and economic char- acteristics for many geographic areas and population groups. Area Census Office (ACO) A temporary office established to oversee cen- sus operations in a specific area. These operations include address listing field work, local recruiting, and visiting households to conduct the 2020 Census. Census Bureau An agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce and the country's preeminent statistical collection and dissemination agency. It publishes a wide variety of statistical data about people, housing, and the economy of the nation. The Census Bureau conducts approximately 200 annual surveys, conducts the decennial census of the U.S. population and housing, the quinquennial economic census, and the census of governments. Census Day The reference date for collection of information for a census. For the decennial census, this has been April 1 of the decade year (year ending with zero) since the 1930 Census. April 1, 2020, is the refer- ence date, Census Day, for the 2020 Census. Census Information Center (CIC) The CIC program was established in 1988, when the Census Bureau and the National Urban League entered into a joint agreement to create a pilot proj- ect to make census data and information available to minority communities. Over the next 2 years, the Census Bureau added four additional organizations to the pilot program; the National Council of La Raza, the Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum, Americans for Indian Opportunity, and the Southwest Voter Research Institute (now the William C. Velasquez Institute). In 2000, the CIC network became an official Census Bureau program. That year, the Census Bureau expanded the network to a total of 59 organizations. Census Solutions Workshop A Census Solutions Workshop is a creative, col- laborative, problem -solving event that brings together diverse thinkers. The Census Solutions Workshop is specifically geared to generate new ways of communicating the importance of census data, reaching hard -to -count populations, and encouraging participation in Census Bureau sur- veys and programs. 15 2020 Census Complete Count Committee Guide U.S. Census Bureau