Field operations for Census 2020 are now paused for an additional two weeks, until April 15. The U.S. Census Bureau announced over the weekend that it is continuing the temporary suspension of all field operations to help slow the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19).

Field operations were expected to resume this Wednesday, April 1, which is also Census Day. However, the Bureau shared on Saturday that based on continuing assessments of guidance from federal, state and local health authorities it was pausing field operations until mid-April. 

There have been other shifts in April for census