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The U.S. Census Bureau is launching the nationwide 2020 Census recruitment campaign by hosting a news conference at its National Processing Center Paper Data Capture Center – West in Phoenix.

The Census Bureau is holding informational events all over the country to answer questions about jobs and the hiring process with the goal of recruiting temporary workers for positions beginning in the spring of 2020. These jobs are critical to ensure a complete and accurate census.

The Census Bureau needs to hire about 500,000 census takers across the country in 2020. In order to meet this goal, the Census Bureau is starting peak recruiting efforts now. Applying early to work as a census taker is a great way for holiday seasonal workers, students, retirees and workers in the gig economy to line up spring and summer employment opportunities.

Census Bureau officials and partners will give updates on 2020 Census job opportunities and hiring efforts. Census Bureau officials and partners will take questions during the news conference.

Immediately following, attendees will have an exclusive opportunity to tour the processing center to observe how census forms are processed and view new technologies being used for the 2020 Census. This opportunity is available only once every decade.