In 2010, the U.S. Census
will define who we are as a nation…
What is the Census?
The census is a count of everyone living in the
United States every 10 years.
The census is mandated by the U.S. Constitution.
The next census is in 2010.
Your participation in the census is required by
law.
It takes less than 10 minutes to complete.
Federal law protects the personal information you
share during the census. All answers are strictly confidential.
Census data are used to distribute Congressional
seats to states, to make decisions about what community services to
provide, and to distribute $300 billion in federal funds to local,
state and tribal governments each year.
Census To Begin Address Canvassing Operations
Beginning in late March 2009, the Census Bureau will
be sending out address canvassers as a part of early operations.
This workforce will walk or drive through neighborhoods to check that
all addresses are in our database when the questionnaire is delivered in
March 2010. This early operation is vital to ensuring a complete
and accurate count.
Many people don't realize that the Address Canvassing
operation occurs as much as a year ahead of the official Census day on April 1,
2010. Address Canvassing is the first large field operation for the 2010
Census and it is designed to identify all housing units and other living
quarters. "Listers" will use hand held computers with maps on them to
verify and list structures, including the collection of GPS coordinates for each
location.
All information collected by Address Canvassers and other
Census employees is kept strictly confidential and cannot be shared with any
other persons, institutions, or agencies.
10 Questions - 10 Minutes to Complete
The City of Saginaw is partnering with the Census Bureau
to promote the 2010 Census in our community. As Census data is used to
allocate billions in federal funds to state, local and tribal
governments across the country, it is important that Saginaw have a high
Census count.
In 2000, Saginaw's mail response rate was 74 percent -
9 percentage points higher than the national rate of 65 percent.
That's excellent!
The 2010 goal is at least 75 percent! The only
way we can meet this goal is to have Saginaw residents be aware of and
complete the survey in a timely manner. After all, it’s only 10
questions that can be completed in 10 minutes!!
The Awareness Campaign is aimed at:
Spreading the word about the 2010 Census;
Providing information to the community on the
importance of the Census; and
Increasing the number of households who return
the questionnaire on April 1.
Contact 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.
