Despite the shelter-in-place orders instituted across California last month in an effort to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus upending plans to promote participation in the 2020 Census, the Golden State is near seeing half of its households fill out their census forms.
In fact, California's self-response rate mirrors that of the entire country. As of Friday, April 10, the Golden State was at 47.2% and the country was at 47.1%.