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19 <br /> Commitment quarters (for example, correctional facilities for <br /> An agreement or pledge to carry out a particular adults, nursing homes, and hospice facilities) and <br /> task or activity that will in some way help the census non institutional group quarters (for example, col- <br /> achieve its goals. lege/university student housing, military quarters, <br /> and group homes). <br /> Complete Count Committee (CCC) <br /> H <br /> A volunteer committee established by tribal, state, <br /> and local governments, and/or community orga- Hard to Count (HTC) <br /> nizations to include a cross section of community Groups or populations who have historically <br /> leaders, including representatives from government been undercounted and/or traditionally have not <br /> agencies; education, business, and religious organi- responded well to the decennial census question- <br /> zations; community agencies; minority organizations; naire, such as ethnic/minority populations, renters, <br /> and the media. The committees are charged with and low income households. <br /> developing and implementing a 2020 Census out- <br /> reach, promotion, recruiting, and enumeration assis- Hard to Enumerate (HTE) <br /> tance plan of action designed to target and address An area for which the environment or population <br /> the needs of their communities. may present difficulties for enumeration. <br /> Confidentiality Highest Elected Official (HEO) <br /> The guarantee made by law (Title 13, U.S. Code) to The elected or appointed person who is the chief <br /> individuals who provide information to the Census executive official of a governmental unit and is most <br /> Bureau, ensuring that the Census Bureau will not responsible for the governmental activities of the <br /> reveal information to others. <br /> governmental unit such as the governor of a state, <br /> D chair of a county commission, or mayor of an incor- <br /> porated place, tribal leader, or chairman. <br /> Decennial Census <br /> The census of population and housing taken by the Household (HH) <br /> Census Bureau in each year ending in zero. Article A person or group of people who occupy a housing <br /> I, Section 2, of the U.S. Constitution requires that a unit as their usual place of residence. The number of <br /> census be taken every 10 years for the purpose of households equals the number of occupied housing <br /> apportioning the U.S. House of Representatives. The units in a census. <br /> first census of population was taken in 1790. Housing Unit (HU) <br /> E A house, townhouse, mobile home or trailer, apart- <br /> Enumeration ment, group of rooms, or single room that is occu- <br /> pied as separate living quarters or, if vacant, is <br /> The process of interviewing people and recording intended for occupancy as separate living quarters. <br /> the information on census forms. <br /> M <br /> Enumerator <br /> A Census Bureau employee who collects census Master Address File (MAF) <br /> information by visiting households during census A Census Bureau computer file of every address and <br /> field operations. physical location, including their geographic loca- <br /> tions, that will be used to conduct the next decen- <br /> G nial census, as well as some ongoing surveys. This <br /> address file is updated throughout the decade and <br /> Group Quarters (GO) is supplemented by information provided by tribal, <br /> The Census Bureau classifies all people not living state, and local governments. <br /> in housing units as living in group quarters. There <br /> are two types of group quarters: institutional group <br /> 16 2020 Census Complete Count Committee Guide U.S.Census Bureau <br />