Tweet me!2010 Census Forms Set to Arrive in 120 Million Mailboxes Across Nation. Responding By Mail to 10 Question,10 Minute Census Could Save Taxpayers Millions. Many of you must have gotten the Census Form in the mail. If not, look in your mailbox, and look good because we do not want you to miss it.
2010 Census forms will arrive this week in 120 million mailboxes between March 15-17 ― continuing the constitutionally mandated, once-a-decade population count and civic ceremony that dates back to 1790.
Census Bureau Director Robert M. Groves is urging communities to fill out and return their census forms as soon as they receive them. “It’s one of the shortest forms in our lifetime asking just 10 questions and should only take about 10 minutes to complete ― yet the benefits to your community are enormous.” In fact, census data help determine how more than $400 billion in federal funds are distributed to tribal, state and local governments every year ― including funding for schools, roads, health care and other critical social service programs.
Groves adds that if residents mail back the census form, they could help save hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars. “It’s a lot less expensive to get responses back by mail than it is to send census takers to knock on doors of households that failed to respond,” he explains. Following up door-to-door to count households from May to July will require hiring about 650,000 census workers and cost more than $2.3 billion.
It’s Easy: A Look at the 2010 Census Questionnaire
The census mailing package includes a cover letter, the 2010 Census form and a postage-paid return envelope. The 10 questions are basic and should take about 10 minutes to complete. The 2010 Census asks the following questions:
1. The number of people living in the residence
2. Any additional people that might be living there as of April 1, 2010
3. Whether the residence is owned or rented
4. Telephone number (in case the Census Bureau has follow-up questions)
5. Name
6. Sex
7. Age and date of birth
8. Whether of Hispanic origin
9. Race
10. Whether that person sometimes lives somewhere else
Language Assistance Guides in 59 languages, including Arabic are available at local Questionnaire Assistance Centers or at 2010Census.gov. Residents can also call a Telephone Questionnaire Assistance centers at 1-866-872-6868 (English). The 2010Census.gov site also provides an informational video in Arabic explaining step-by-step instructions for filling out the census form.
It’s Safe: Your Personal Information is Confidential by Law
Census data are the basis for America’s representative democracy, ensuring that Congress is reapportioned every 10 years based on a state’s total population. All census responses are confidential; they are protected by law and not shared with anyone. By law, the Census Bureau cannot share respondents’ individually identifiable answers with anyone, including other federal agencies and law enforcement entities. All Census Bureau employees take the oath of nondisclosure and are sworn for life to protect the confidentiality of the data.
More information, electronic press kits, news releases, fact sheets and multimedia are available on the Census Bureau’s online news room at 2010census.gov.
AlgerianAmericans.com March 16th 2010
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Arabic??? I guess you're not algerians if you think algeria ia an arab country! There are no arabas in NORTH AFRICA except the one lost their history and language looking for salvations in the middle east! |
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