July 10- The City of SeaTac is hosting a US Census Bureau Census Mobile Questionnaire Assistance (MQA) site. MQA is the next phase of the Census field operations and outreach to assist residents to fill-out their Census self-response forms.
The MQA will be set-up at from 10 AM to 2 PM, on Thursday July 16 at SeaTac City Hall parking lot located at 4800 South 188th Street. Census workers in uniforms will have secure tablets issued by the bureau for residence to fill-out their forms. Census staff will practice all safety protocols, including social distancing and will be wearing masks.
MQA sites are set up in Census tracts that have a low response rate. SeaTac has been identified as having one of the lowest response rates Census tracts, at 47%, and this tract’s boundaries is in the City of SeaTac, encompassing Military Road, 200th Street, to 188th. The self response rate for the whole City is 55.60% which is 7.90% below the 2010 census response rate of 63.50%.
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Below are the Census self-response rates for the State, County and South King County cities.
| Jurisdiction | Current 2020 % | 2010 % | Difference |
| National | 62.00% | 79.30% | -17.30% |
| WA State | 67.30% | 67.20% | 0.10% |
| King County | 71.20% | 70.30% | 0.90% |
| City of SeaTac | 55.60% | 63.50% | -7.90% |
| City of Tukwila | 61.20% | 64.00% | -2.80% |
| City of Federal Way | 64.90% | 67.10% | -2.20% |
| City of Auburn | 67.10% | 68.40% | -1.30% |
| City of Kent | 66.90% | 67.80% | -0.90% |
| City of Burien | 67.70% | 68.00% | -0.30% |
| City of Renton | 69.30% | 67.20% | 2.10% |
