By Barb Arland-Fye The Catholic Messenger. The state of Iowa is among the top five in the nation for the U.S. Census 2020 response rate with 68 percent. That encourages organizers striving to reach as many people as possible in a campaign hampered by a pandemic. 

By Anne Marie Amacher The Catholic Messenger DAVENPORT — All Saints Catholic School students introduced the Quad-City region to the new 2020 “Everyone Counts!” Census song on Feb. 18. Shelby Newberry, a partnership specialist with the Department of Commerce’s U.S. Census Bureau, said only one other school in Iowa debuted the song – the day before in Des Moines. She said the song is important because it helps children spread the word about the upcoming U.S. Census. “It is important to count everyone, especially children,” Newberry said. The once in a decade nationwide count missed an estimated 1 million children in 2010, she said.