Look for the 2010 Census in your mailbox this week PDF Print E-mail
Written by Mark Ignatowski, Editor   
Thursday, 11 March 2010 12:14
The time has arrived for the 2010 Census.
Forms will be arriving in local mailboxes within the next week, according to mailing by the U.S. Census Bureau.

The 2010 Census contains only ten questions and should take approximately ten minutes to complete and return. Residents are asked to answer and return the questions in the self-addressed, stamped envelope.

For anyone needing assistance with the 2010 Census, the Chilton Public Library will be a “Be Counted Site.”

A Census volunteer will be stationed at the library on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 11 a.m. to noon, and on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., and from 10 a.m. until noon on Saturdays beginning March 9.The worker will be at the library until April 19. The site will be closed April 2.

Every 10 years, the U.S. Census Bureau conducts a census in order to count the entire population of the United States.

Population totals are necessary as they determine representative districts for the U.S. House of Representatives. The data is also used to determine funding for school lunch programs and senior centers. Highway and hospital construction projects also depend on census data.
If residents do not respond to the first questionnaire, another packet will be sent in April 2010.

If the second attempt is not successful, a census worker will come to the residence and fill out the questionnaire with the resident starting around May 2010.

Census workers will be identifiable because they will have a badge, and should be able to provide the census location where they are based out of as well as the name and telephone number of their supervisor.

The 2010 Census will not as for any bank account information or your social security number.

All residents of the United States must be counted. This includes people of all ages, races, ethnic groups, citizens and non-citizens in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Island Areas.

Households are asked to provide key demographic information, including: whether a housing unit is rented or owned; the address of the residence; and the names, genders, ages and races of others living in the household.

The first Census took place in 1790 and was used to determine the number of seats in the original House of Representatives. The census has been conducted every 10 years since then. It is mandated by the United States Constitution.

For more information on the 2010 Census, visit 2010census.gov.
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