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CENSUS FACTS #1
DID YOU KNOW….
The 2010 Census is composed of only 10 questions that should take 10 minutes to answer!
Every household will receive the “short” form for 2010.
The 10 questions are:
1. How many people were living or staying in this house, apartment or mobile home on April 1, 2010?
2. Were there any additional people staying here April 1, 2010 that you did not include in Question 1?
3. Is this house, apartment, or mobile home --- (choose between owned, rented, occupied, etc.)
4. What is your telephone number?
5. What is Person 1’s name?
6. What is Person 1’s sex?
7. What is Person 1’s age and what is Person 1’s date of birth?
8. Is Person 1 of Hispanic, Latino or Spanish origin?
9. What is Person 1’s race?
10. Does Person 1 sometimes live or stay somewhere else?
CENSUS FACTS #2
DID YOU KNOW….
Your census data is kept confidential and cannot be released for 72 years!
It is against the law to disclose or publish any of the following information:
The Census Department Collects Information to Produce Statistics
The Census department uses
your information to produce statistics.
Your answers cannot be used against you by any government agency or court.
All Census Bureau employees
take the
oath of nondisclosure
and are sworn for life to protect the
confidentiality of the data. The penalty for unlawful disclosure is a fine of
up to $250,000 or
imprisonment of up to 5 years, or both.
CENSUS FACTS #3
DID YOU KNOW….
Conducting the census every ten years is part of our nation’s constitution –
"Representation and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers .... The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct."
Article I, Section 2 of the Constitution of the United States
CENSUS FACTS #4
DID YOU KNOW….
Between March 1 and April 2, 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau will use a special enumeration process called “Update/Leave” in mainly rural areas, where most of the housing units do not have a city-style address such as “4505 Main Street”.
Addresses in Update/Leave areas do not show the location of the housing unit and census takers visit these units to drop off a form, which the respondent completes and mails back.
Update/Leave Package
Update/Leave response
For more information about the 2010 Census go to: http://2010.census.gov or call City Hall at 746-2122
Let’s Make it Count,
Artesia!
Artesia 2010 Census Complete Count Committee