THE CENSUS BUREAU IS READY TO STEP INTO THE CHRIS: WELCOME BACK. THE CENSUS BUREAU IS PREPARING TO STEP INTO THE SPOTLIGHT, TO COUNT EVERY PERSON IN THE COUNTRY WITH THE HELP OF A MASSIVE PART-TIME WORKFORCE. MATT PRICHARD IS LIVE IN WASHINGTON. MATT, HOW MANY ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEES ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HERE? MATT: TO SAY THE LEAST, 500,000 PART-TIME WORKERS IS WHAT THE CENSUS IS SHOOTING FOR. IT IS NO SIMPLE TASK. IT IS QUITE A CHALLENGE. >> I BELIEVE WE WILL G THERE. START THE CLOCK, THE 2020 CENSUS IS HERE. TH NEEDS. >> BY MARCH 30, WE WANT TO HAVE 2.7 MILLION TOTAL APPLICANTS. REPORTER: AND WHITTLE IT DOWN TO JUST 500,000 PART-TIME WORKERS. THEY ALREADY HAVE ONE MILLION APPLICANTS. >> IT IS AUDACIOUS TO EVEN THINK THAT ANY EMPLOYER COULD GENERATE 2.7 MILLION APPLICANTS. MATT: WITH UNEMPLOYMENT AT RECORD LOWS, FINDING WORKERS HAS BEEN DIFFICULT. >> PARTICULARLY IN THE NEW ENGLAND AREA, OHIO, MICHIGAN, WISCONSIN, MINNESOTA, THOSE ARE AREAS PARTICULARLY WHERE WE ARE HAVING -- YOU’RE NOT SEEING AS MANY APPLICANTS AS WE NEED. REPORTER: YOU CAN SEE THE AREAS SPOTLIGHTED ON THE MAP. WITH HAWAII AND PARTS OF THE NORTHWEST ALSO STRUGGLING. GOOD NEWS FOR WORKERS IS. >> WE HAVE INCREASED THE. IN THOSE AREAS. REPORTER: FROM $20 IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, TO $24 AN HOUR IN WISCONSIN. HE IS CONFIDENT THE JOB WILL GET DONE EVEN IF IT MEANS SHIFTING RESOURCES. >> A WORST-CASE SCENARIO, WE HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO MOVE PEOPLE AROUND. REPORTER: IF YOU WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT THE PAY IS IN YOUR SPECIFIC AREA, YOU CAN VISIT THE WEBSITE. IT IS 2020CENSUS.GOV/JOBS. CHRIS? CHRIS: MATT, WHAT IS THE CURRENT PAY IN PENNSYLVANIA FOR THIS? MATT: IT DOES VARY DEPENDING ON WHICH COUNTY YOU ARE IN. FROM THE COUNTIES WE SEARCHED, WE FOUND BETWEEN $15.50 AN HOUR, ALL THE WAY UP TO $27 AN HOUR IN PENNSYLVANIA.