---
title: "Recent Evaluations of 2010 Census Operations"
description: "Wide-ranging assessments of 2010 Census operations have recently been published by the U.S. Government Accountability Office and by the U.S. Commerce Department's inspector general."
date: "2010-02-26"
authors:
  - name: "D’Vera Cohn"
    job_title: "Former Senior Writer/Editor"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/dvera-cohn/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2010/02/26/recent-evaluations-of-2010-census-operations/"
---

# Recent Evaluations of 2010 Census Operations

Wide-ranging assessments of 2010 Census operations have recently been published by the U.S. [Government Accountability Office](http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d10430t.pdf) and by the U.S. Commerce Department's inspector general.

[Update: The link is no longer active because GAO removed the 2010 Census from its list of high-risk activities.]