Group quarters are places where people live or stay in a group living arrangement. These places are owned or managed by an entity or organization that provides residents with housing and/or services.
Some examples of group quarters include:
For a full listing of group quarters types, please visit Group Quarters Enumeration.
If you live or stay in group quarters, the Census Bureau will identify a group quarters administrator at your location to ensure that you are counted in the 2020 Census.
Group Quarters Administrators:
If you are a group quarters administrator looking for important information on the process for counting residents at your facility, please visit Group Quarters Enumeration.
The Census Bureau also has special processes in place for counting people who may be experiencing homelessness and who are staying or receiving assistance at service-based locations such as emergency and transitional shelters, soup kitchens, regularly scheduled mobile food van stops, and pre-identified non-sheltered outdoor locations.
If you are an administrator for a service-based location, please visit Service-Based Enumeration.
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