A southwest Alaska Yupik village on the Bering Sea will be the first counted for the 2020 U.S. Census. Acting U.S. Census Bureau director Ron Jarmin said Friday that census takers on Jan. 21, 2020, will descend on Toksook (TOOK-sook) Bay, a village of 673 in southwest Alaska. The early start also allows census takers to reach people in villages before they scatter to remote camps for hunting or fishing. The head of the Census Bureau conducted the first enumeration that year and is expected to be on hand in Toksook Bay. President Donald Trump has nominated Steven Dillingham to be permanent Census Bureau director.

Source: ABC News October 19, 2018 23:13 UTC