The last month of data collection for the 2020 Census ends Sept. 30 and not every Kingfisher County resident has been counted, according to online data.

Only 55.3% of county residents had self-reported as of Monday, by filling out either an online or mail-in form.

While census takers have been conducting in-person follow-up with households who have not self-reported, that additional number is not available at the county level.

At the state level, Oklahoma has a 79.3% total response rate, including 59.3% of households who self-reported and 20% who responded via in-person follow-up.

Data collected in the 2020 Census is used to determine each state, county and city or town’s share of state and federal funds, eligibility for public and private grants and a host of other services.

The amount lost in funding for each person not counted is estimated at $1,300, which adds up to hundreds of billions of dollars in lost federal funding for the state.

In addition to lost funds, the state could lose representation in Congress, since U.S. House seats are apportioned based on state population.

Approximately 2,500 census takers are working in Oklahoma to visit households that have not yet responded to the 2020 Census.

In most cases, census workers will make multiple attempts at each housing unit to count residents in that household. Census takers will be wearing masks and are trained in social distancing protocols and other health and safety guidance.

If no one is home at the time of the visit, the census taker will leave a notice of visit, which includes information on how the household can self-respond to the census.

It is not too late to self-respond to the 2020 Census, either online at 2020census.gov, by phone at 844-330-2020 (English), or by mailing back the paper form that was delivered to the household.

In addition to census takers in the field, the Census Bureau is using additional ways to collect responses to the 2020 Census. Census takers have been trained to call some households that have not yet responded and leave a voicemail if no one answers.

The Census Bureau has also sent out a seventh mailing, which includes an additional paper questionnaire to households that receive mail at a physical address.