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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Office of Survey Methods and Research > Topics > Response Rates

Household survey response rates

Household survey response rates, July 2011-July 2021
Date	ATUS	CE-Diary	CE-Interview	CPI-Housing	CPS	TPOPS
Jul 2011	52.8%	71.2%	70.7%	65.4%	90.9%	^[1]
Aug 2011	53.3	70.8	72.0	65.2	90.9	48.5%
Sep 2011	54.0	67.2	70.9	66.8	91.0	^[1]
Oct 2011	55.7	69.8	71.8	68.1	91.3	^[1]
Nov 2011	55.0	66.9	71.5	76.1	90.6	48.5
Dec 2011	57.3	66.7	70.7	72.1	90.3	^[1]
Jan 2012	56.1	70.2	71.3	66.2	90.4	^[1]
Feb 2012	53.1	69.3	71.8	67.8	90.6	48.6
Mar 2012	54.8	70.6	70.5	69.7	90.2	^[1]
Apr 2012	52.3	70.9	71.4	68.5	90.8	^[1]
May 2012	51.2	67.2	70.8	74.1	90.4	39.8
Jun 2012	50.1	70.6	68.6	72.8	90.4	^[1]
Jul 2012	51.8	67.0	69.2	72.6	90.7	^[1]
Aug 2012	51.4	66.5	70.2	72.3	90.7	34.6
Sep 2012	53.4	67.4	68.0	73.0	90.4	^[1]
Oct 2012	53.8	66.6	71.3	72.8	90.4	^[1]
Nov 2012	54.6	65.4	70.7	72.7	90.5	36.7
Dec 2012	55.9	64.1	66.3	71.4	89.9	^[1]
Jan 2013	52.9	65.8	69.9	71.8	90.3	^[1]
Feb 2013	50.7	66.6	69.8	72.0	89.6	36.4
Mar 2013	52.2	63.7	67.6	71.6	89.3	^[1]
Apr 2013	50.3	65.9	69.5	73.8	90.3	^[1]
May 2013	49.0	70.4	70.5	71.6	90.3	37.2
Jun 2013	46.8	66.8	67.9	70.1	89.7	^[1]
Jul 2013	49.2	68.7	69.4	71.4	89.3	^[1]
Aug 2013	50.7	66.4	68.5	71.3	89.7	34.1
Sep 2013	45.9	48.7	66.1	70.1	89.9	^[1]
Oct 2013	48.9	36.8	56.3	66.0	90.1	^[1]
Nov 2013	51.7	61.6	65.7	68.9	89.5	33.8
Dec 2013	49.9	61.7	64.0	68.7	89.4	^[1]
Jan 2014	52.4	65.7	67.0	70.8	89.5	^[1]
Feb 2014	49.6	67.0	67.0	70.0	89.2	35.6
Mar 2014	53.1	67.5	67.3	70.2	88.6	^[1]
Apr 2014	51.0	70.9	68.2	69.9	88.8	^[1]
May 2014	49.5	64.4	68.9	69.5	89.1	32.0
Jun 2014	49.4	66.0	67.2	68.4	88.9	^[1]
Jul 2014	51.1	67.2	68.2	70.1	88.9	^[1]
Aug 2014	51.6	68.1	68.6	68.1	89.0	29.8
Sep 2014	50.9	67.9	66.5	68.4	88.8	^[1]
Oct 2014	49.5	68.6	68.8	67.6	89.4	^[1]
Nov 2014	51.4	60.9	66.4	67.9	89.0	31.1
Dec 2014	52.1	59.6	63.3	69.6	87.4	^[1]
Jan 2015	51.1	58.3	65.6	70.5	88.3	^[1]
Feb 2015	51.3	57.8	63.8	68.4	87.4	32.0
Mar 2015	49.5	62.8	64.3	69.9	86.6	^[1]
Apr 2015	48.0	60.5	67.9	69.7	88.3	^[1]
May 2015	47.0	58.3	65.1	69.3	87.9	23.2
Jun 2015	47.9	60.9	63.7	68.4	86.8	^[1]
Jul 2015	49.2	57.8	65.8	69.9	87.0	^[1]
Aug 2015	43.9	60.2	65.7	68.2	87.3	24.9
Sep 2015	46.5	59.2	63.0	67.1	87.0	^[1]
Oct 2015	47.9	58.9	63.2	67.6	87.1	^[1]
Nov 2015	51.2	53.0	63.8	66.9	86.9	27.2
Dec 2015	48.9	55.3	61.8	67.2	86.2	^[1]
Jan 2016	49.5	59.7	63.7	68.2	86.7	^[1]
Feb 2016	50.5	62.0	63.8	67.5	86.4	38.4
Mar 2016	48.1	56.4	63.0	67.7	85.1	^[1]
Apr 2016	46.8	59.8	63.9	66.6	86.3	^[1]
May 2016	45.3	56.3	61.9	67.0	86.8	33.1
Jun 2016	43.6	59.3	62.6	68.1	86.8	^[1]
Jul 2016	45.1	60.0	63.3	67.0	86.8	^[1]
Aug 2016	47.2	60.1	64.2	68.7	87.5	39.8
Sep 2016	46.3	54.9	63.1	65.7	87.7	^[1]
Oct 2016	45.6	52.9	62.4	65.1	87.3	^[1]
Nov 2016	46.3	58.7	63.0	66.0	86.9	37.6
Dec 2016	47.2	53.3	61.6	65.3	85.6	^[1]
Jan 2017	48.3	59.5	61.4	65.6	85.9	^[1]
Feb 2017	49.9	59.4	60.7	66.8	85.7	36.5
Mar 2017	45.7	61.3	62.1	65.7	85.0	^[1]
Apr 2017	46.9	62.9	63.2	65.7	86.1	^[1]
May 2017	43.6	63.2	61.6	66.3	85.2	24.9
Jun 2017	43.8	62.9	61.4	66.9	85.6	^[1]
Jul 2017	44.2	61.8	61.5	66.8	85.7	^[1]
Aug 2017	42.9	66.0	62.6	66.5	86.5	33.0
Sep 2017	44.2	62.5	60.1	63.9	86.9	^[1]
Oct 2017	44.7	61.5	60.4	64.1	86.2	^[1]
Nov 2017	47.8	61.2	60.3	65.2	85.7	38.0
Dec 2017	45.6	55.9	57.4	64.3	84.9	^[1]
Jan 2018	45.5	59.7	58.6	65.4	84.6	^[1]
Feb 2018	43.8	58.8	59.1	65.2	84.5	33.5
Mar 2018	42.5	58.0	58.4	63.8	83.7	^[1]
Apr 2018	42.7	57.3	58.9	64.5	85.1	^[1]
May 2018	42.8	62.5	59.2	64.8	84.6	26.6
Jun 2018	42.6	57.6	57.6	63.3	84.3	^[1]
Jul 2018	42.7	65.0	57.7	63.9	84.5	^[1]
Aug 2018	41.7	57.7	58.3	63.0	84.5	24.8
Sep 2018	41.5	60.5	56.5	62.3	85.1	^[1]
Oct 2018	42.6	57.0	56.6	62.2	84.8	^[1]
Nov 2018	44.1	54.5	54.2	62.5	84.0	20.0
Dec 2018	43.8	51.8	53.8	60.4	82.9	^[1]
Jan 2019	43.6	59.6	57.6	63.3	83.1	^[1]
Feb 2019	44.5	56.1	54.3	62.6	82.7	34.4
Mar 2019	42.1	57.2	55.2	62.8	81.5	^[1]
Apr 2019	43.2	59.8	55.5	63.0	83.0	^[1]
May 2019	43.0	55.5	55.0	63.8	82.0	35.2
Jun 2019	40.5	55.5	53.1	61.8	82.4	^[1]
Jul 2019	40.0	59.4	55.1	61.9	82.3	^[1]
Aug 2019	38.8	58.9	52.7	60.5	83.6	36.1
Sep 2019	41.1	56.6	52.0	60.7	83.0	^[1]
Oct 2019	42.8	55.2	54.7	63.8	83.2	^[1]
Nov 2019	42.1	51.9	50.2	64.3	83.0	^[1]
Dec 2019	42.5	47.2	50.3	61.0	82.3	^[1]
Jan 2020	41.2	50.9	53.2	63.9	81.7	^[1]
Feb 2020	26.1	52.5	52.3	63.1	82.3	^[1]
Mar 2020	16.9	38.7	51.5	58.3	73.0	^[1]
Apr 2020	31.9	28.3	46.3	56.4	69.9	^[1]
May 2020	39.9	28.4	47.0	57.0	67.4	^[1]
Jun 2020	48.2	30.6	44.8	57.5	64.9	^[1]
Jul 2020	47.4	^[1]	^[1]	56.1	67.2	^[1]
Aug 2020	44.7	^[1]	^[1]	57.6	70.2	^[1]
Sep 2020	44.1	^[1]	^[1]	55.7	79.0	^[1]
Oct 2020	44.0	^[1]	^[1]	54.6	80.3	^[1]
Nov 2020	41.3	^[1]	^[1]	54.5	79.3	^[1]
Dec 2020	45.8	^[1]	^[1]	55.6	76.7	^[1]
Jan 2021	43.6	^[1]	^[1]	52.4	78.2	^[1]
Feb 2021	42.6	^[1]	^[1]	55.7	78.0	^[1]
Mar 2021	^[1]	^[1]	^[1]	55.5	76.2	^[1]
Apr 2021	^[1]	^[1]	^[1]	56.4	78.8	^[1]
May 2021		^[1]	^[1]	57.1	78.4	^[1]
Jun 2021		^[1]	^[1]	56.1	76.3	^[1]
Jul 2021		^[1]	^[1]	49.9	^[76.6	^[1]
^[1] Data not available.

Last Modified Date: November 4, 2021