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 Why
fill out the census form?
Every household in the country will receive a questionnaire in 2010. To
ensure an accurate and fair count of all populations at all geographic
levels in the nation, the Census Bureau needs you or someone in your
household to respond to the census questionnaire.
- It’s important. – Census data affect funding for your
community, your community’s representation in Congress and your community
leader’s planning decisions.
- It’s easy. – The census questionnaire takes only a
few minutes to answer and return by mail.
- It’s confidential. – Your responses are protected by
law (Title 13, U.S. Code, Section 9). All Census Bureau employees have
taken an oath to protect confidentiality and are subject to a jail term, a
fine – or both – for disclosing any information that could identify a
respondent or household.
- It’s required by law. – The information you provide
is combined with responses provided by your neighbors and other households
across the country, to provide summary statistical data that are used by
various local, state and federal agencies.
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Click Here to download a copy of the Census Short Form.
It's important
- Census affects funding in your community
Census data directly affect how more than $400 billion per year in federal
and state funding is allocated to communities for neighborhood
improvements, public health, education, transportation and much more.
That's more than $4 trillion over a 10-year period. Spending just a few
minutes to fill out your census form will help ensure your community gets
its fair share of federal and state funding.
- Census affects your voice in Congress
Mandated by the U.S. Constitution, the census is also used to apportion
seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and to redistrict state
legislatures.
- Census affects your representation in state and local
government
Census data are used to define legislature districts, school district
assignment areas and other important functional areas of government.
- Census informs your community's decisions
The census is like a snapshot that helps define who we are as a nation.
Data about changes in your community are crucial to many planning
decisions, such as where to provide services for the elderly, where to
build new roads and schools, or where to locate job training centers.
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