Oral title: Towards A Complete Census of the Compton-thick AGN Population in our Cosmic Backyard

Oral abstract: In my talk, I will present an updated census of the Compton-thick (CT) active galactic nucleus (AGN) 
population and the column density distribution of AGN in the local universe using a volume-limited, mid-infrared selected 
AGN sample complete to D = 15 Mpc. Using direct and indirect multiwavelength techniques, we found a CT AGN fraction 
of at least ~30%, significantly higher than that directly observed in the Swift-BAT AGN survey, but agrees very well with the 
intrinsic CT AGN fraction predicted, after accounting for instrument sensitivity.