2020 Census
Take the Census and Make Hayward Count!
UPDATE: The library is currently closed. Census Question Assistance Centers will be open when the library re-opens.
To complete the census, visit My 2020 Census.
For instructions and guidance in multiple languages, visit the Alameda County Census Resources.
Can we count on you to take the Census and make Hayward count? Getting counted in the Census ensures our community gets the resources we deserve!
To support our community, we are providing Census Question Assistance Centers at the Hayward Downtown Library and Weekes Branch Library. These centers are welcoming and accessible places for you to get your questions about the Census answered, and complete the Census online. Guidelines on completing the Census are available in 59 languages.
Hayward Census Question Assistance Centers will be open during library hours:
Monday-Wednesday: 11 am-8 pm
Thursday-Saturday: 10 am-5 pm
Hayward Downtown Library, 888 C Street
Weekes Branch Library, 27300 Patrick Avenue
Did you know?
• The Census is a count of the entire U.S. population, which takes place every 10 years. Data collected during the Census is used to determine how seats in the U.S. House of Representatives are apportioned among the 50 states.
• You can complete the Census questionnaire online, by phone, or by mail.
• Everyone living in your home, including newborn babies and young children, must be counted.
• You don’t have to be a citizen or legal resident of the US to be counted.
• By law, your individual responses to the Census questionnaire and the personal information you provide are kept anonymous and strictly confidential by the Census Bureau, and may not be shared with or used against you by any government agency or court.
• The Census is used to determine how federal funding of health, housing, education, nutrition and transportation services is distributed across the country. In fact, it is estimated that for each person not counted by the Census, $1,000 per year in funding is not received from the federal government, which could be supporting free lunch, and other worthwhile programs in Hayward and Alameda County.
Have more questions about why the Census is important, or how the data collected gets used? Visit the Alameda County or California Census portals for more information.
