This summer marks the peak of the 2010 Census Quality Assurance operation. A small percentage of households will receive a follow-up phone call or a visit from a census taker to ensure that the data collected is as accurate and complete as possible. Watch our video to learn more about the 3 major Quality Assurance operations.
Click here to watch a video to learn more about the 3 major Quality Assurance operations and for an update on the 2010 Census process.
The 2010 Census will help communities receive more than $400 billion in federal funds each year for things like:
Hospitals
Job Training Centers
Schools
Senior Centers
Bridges, Tunnels and other Public Works Projects
Emergency Services
The data collected by the census also help determine the number of seats your state has in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Nationally, 72 percent of households that received a form in 2000 mailed it back. Every 1 percent improvement in the 2010 rate is expected to save taxpayers about $85 million.
The new U.S. Census Form is only 10 questions long. Please join the rest of the nation in setting aside 10 minutes to answer the 10 questions and mail back your forms.
Questions on the new U.S. Census Forms may be answered at the following:
http://2010.census.gov/2010census/how/interactive-form.php
The U.S. Constitution empowers the Congress to carry out the census in "such manner as they shall by Law direct" (Article I, Section 2). The Founders of our fledgling nation had a bold and ambitious plan to empower the people over their new government. The plan was to count every person living in the newly created United States of America, and to use that count to determine representation in the Congress”….
Started in 1790 and our country has counted its population every 10 years since. Please be a part of continuing this tradition in 2010. |