The 2020 U.S. Census is going to be performed with 500,000 iPhonesIf a canvasser comes to your door, they'll probably be holding an iPhone.
What you need to know
The 2020 U.S. Census will be performed using the iPhone 8.
500,000 canvassers will be equipped with an iPhone 8 and an app.
The government seems to have chosen the iPhone because of its popularity and security.
The United States Census has historically been performed by canvassers, called enumerators, fanning out across the country with pen and paper to gather information from neighbors and collectively perform the massive count of all citizens.
That is about to change in a big way this year. As reported by CNET, the U.S. Census Bureau is equipping all of its canvassers with an iPhone 8 and an app that they will be used in place of pen and paper. In total, the bureau is provided 500,000 of its enumerators with an iPhone in order to perform the count.
"In an effort to make the door-to-door process, which is the most laborious and expensive part of the census, faster and more effic...
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The 2020 U.S. Census is going to be performed with 500,000 iPhones
