Complete Count Committees at the state, county, city and/or tribal levels are intended to bring together community leaders to work together for a complete and accurate count of residents in the targeted area. For us, that area is the state of Washington; and Governor Inslee launched the statewide effort on October 8, 2018. Chaired by former Governor and former U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, the committee combines the expertise and knowledge of a representative group of local community, business, philanthropic, and elected leaders to strategize about how to:

• Educate Washington residents about the census and its impact in terms of the number of seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and billions of dollars that Washington's communities receive in federally funded programs
• Explain innovations (use of internet as primary self-response tool – and dispel myths
• Engender trust in the process despite the invasive nature of a census exercise and the cybersecurity concerns associated with online submissions
• Encourage and ensure self-response and cooperation with census workers

Washington State Complete Count Committee

• Meetings, agendas, and materials
• Membership [PDF]

Other Complete Count Committees in Washington state

• Arlington, Katie Heim
• Benton & Franklin Counties
• Blue Mountain Complete Count Committee, serving Columbia, Garfield and Walla Walla
• Clallam County, Mark Ozias
• Cowlitz-Wahkiakum Council of Governments, Bill Fashing
• Grays Harbor County, Vicki Cummings
• King County, HyeEun Park
  • East King: Communities Count Committee, Debbie Lacy
  • Kenmore, Debra Srebnik
  • Seattle Census Task Force
  • City of Shoreline
  • South King County, Uriel Varela, Jr.
• Lewis County
• Pierce County
• Snohomish County, Vanesa Gutierrez
• Spokane Complete Count Committee, Meg Lindsay
• Thurston Region Complete Count Committee
• Vancouver, Carol Bua
• Wenatchee, Brooklyn Holton
• Whatcom Complete Count Committee, Mauri Ingram
• Yakama/Yakima

Establish a Complete Count Committee in your community

• Complete Count Committee Brochure
• Complete Count Committee Guide
• Outreach Toolkit
• Other resources from the U.S. Census Bureau [coming soon]