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What?
Count - The census is a count of everyone
residing in the United States: in all 50 states, the District of Columbia,
Puerto Rico and the Island Areas.
Who?
Everyone - All residents of the United States
must be counted. This includes people of all ages, races, ethnic groups,
citizens and non-citizens.
When?
Every 10 years - Every 10 years, and the next
census occurs in 2010. Census questionnaires will be mailed or delivered to
every household in the United States in March 2010. The questions ask you to
provide information that is accurate for your household as of April 1, 2010.
The Census Bureau must count everyone and submit state population totals to the
U.S. President by December 31, 2010. The first Census was conducted in
1790 and has been carried out every 10 years since then.
Where?
Everywhere in the U.S. - The census counts
everyone residing in the United States: in all 50 states, the District of
Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Island Areas. People should be counted where
they live and sleep most of the year.
Why?
The U.S. Constitution (Article I, Section 2) mandates a
headcount of everyone residing in the United States. The population totals
determine each state’s Congressional representation. The numbers also affect
funding in your community and help inform decision makers about how your
community is changing.
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How?
The Census Bureau will mail or deliver questionnaires to your
house in March 2010. We will mail a second form to households that do not
respond to the initial questionnaire. Households that still do not respond
will be called or visited by a Census worker. (Census workers can be identified
by a census badge and bag.)
For More Information:
If you have any
questions, please contact the U.S. Census Bureau Dallas Regional Office at(214)
253-4400 or 1-800-835-9752 or via email at
dallas.regional.office@census.gov. For more information about
the 2010 United States Census visit
www.census.gov/2010census. |
