Governor Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) announced the results of the 2020 Census in Illinois and celebrated the over 400 nonprofits and organizations that helped Illinois exceed its 2010 self-response rate during the pandemic. Illinois finished seventh nationwide and first among states with over 9M in population size in self-response rates. Illinois Census grantees worked with IDHS get a complete count despite unforeseeable challenges, including the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. With their help, Illinois surpassed the 2010 self-response rate of 70.5 percent, finishing at 71.4 percent. A self-response rate is the percentage of homes known by the U.S. Census Bureau that completed the census survey on their own. Chicago also outperformed most large cities with populations over 2M (Los Angles, Houston, and Philadelphia), with New York City being the only city that outperformed Chicago. Cook County also surpassed its 2010 self-response rate. On June 2019, the Pritzker Administration created the inaugural Illinois Census Office and established an Advisory Panel to help oversee and advise the State’s Census efforts. For more information about the 2020 Census and the final numbers, visit the Illinois Census 2020 Homepage.