 The Census: A Snapshot
What: The Census is a count of everyone residing in the United States
Who: All U.S. residents must be counted – people of all races and ethnic groups, both citizens and non-citizens
When: Census Day is April 1, 2010. Questionnaire responses should represent the household as it exists on this day. More detailed socioeconomic information is collected annually from a small percentage of the population through American Community Survey.
Why: The U.S. Constitution requires a national census once every 10 years. The Census shows state population counts and determines representation in the U.S. House of Representatives.
How: Census questionnaires are mailed or delivered to households via U.S. mail in March 2010. Census workers visits households that do not return questionnaires.
 Census is Confidential
Census Bureau keeps personal information confidential. Title 13 of the U.S. Code safeguards an individual’s privacy.
Census will not share individual responses with any agency including Homeland Security, Internal Revenue Services, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Law Enforcements, Landlords, or welfare agencies.
Census Jobs
Census Bureau recruits 3.8 million applicants and hires up to 1.4 million temporary workers in 2009-2010 nationwide.
Census job pays well. You get weekly paychecks and mileage reimbursements
You can keep your job and become a census taker. It is a great second job, and for retirees, college students, part-time workers, people in-between jobs and anyone who needs extra money.
To be a Census taker, job qualifications are
- Must be a U.S citizen
- Be a legal permanent resident or non-citizen with an appropriate work visa, and bilingual for which there are no available qualified citizens.
- Be at least 18 years or older
- Have a valid social security number
- Take a written test of basic skills www.2010censusjobs.gov
- Pass a background check
- Commit to attend up to 4 days of paid training
Apply for census jobs
You can apply for Census jobs in various ways.
Go to www.2010censusjobs.gov or 1866-861-2010 and schedule an appointment to take the employment test of basic skills. The test can be given in English and Spanish. Those taking the Spanish test must also pass an English proficiency test. Click here to take a sample test.
TTY users call the Federal Relay Service at 1800-877-8339
You can also go to www.usajobs.gov and search for “Bureau of Census” or by positions “partnership specialist”.
You can go to www.census.gov and click on Jobs@census tab. If you click on the “2010 Census and Regional Office Employment Opportunities”, you can see jobs in your local area.
Census 2010 Questionnaire
In 2010 you receive a questionnaire to fill out. Census questionnaire only takes 10 minutes to fill out. See sample questionnaire in English & Spanish. See a sample questionnaire in English & Spanish. If a household doesn’t respond, a census taker comes to the residence to collect the information
What the Census means for our community
Federal Funds are allocated and distributed based on census data. How to spend $400 billion federal fund each year for the next 10 years will be based on census data. Click here to see examples of 50 ways census data are used.
Budget allocation for
- Education
- Government programs
- Employment
- Planning
What If you didn’t receive a questionnaire and didn’t meet with a census taker?
Census workers undertake extensive operations to take in-person counts of people living in shelters or households with multiple families, as well as those displaced by natural disaster.
There are Be Counted sites located where you can go to get a blank questionnaire and fill it out.
What kind of assistance is available to help people complete the form?
Questionnaire Assistance Centers (QAC) are established closer to the Census date to help you fill out the questionnaire. Language Assistance guides are available at QAC in 59 languages including Bengali, Hindi, French, Polish, Japanese, Haitian Creole etc.
The census form are available in Chinese (simplified), Korean, Russian, Spanish and Vietnamese upon request.
For more information log onto www.2010.census.gov
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