Which Neighborhood Is Leading The 2010 Census Participation Rate?
Mar 24, 2010 16:50 - 4 Comments
So far the Rockville neighborhood with the highest rate is … Woodley Gardens!
Today the national rate is 20% and I’m so pleased to look at the interactive 2010 Census Map and see that all of Rockville is above the national average. Woodley Gardens is leading with a big 39%.
Have you filled out and returned your 2010 Census Questionaire yet? I did. It took about 5 minutes to carefully read everything and provide the information for my family of four.
Thanks to this wonderful piece by Temperance Blalock, I thought about future generations researching the Cotte and Griffiths families when I filled out the information. Remember the Census is completely confidential! The Census Bureau is not permitted to share your information with anyone, but after 72 years the data is released.
As it states in Article I, Section 2 of the Constitution of the United States, the Census is required by law:
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 10 years, in such manner as they shall by Law direct.
If you have any questions, visit the Census site.
We all have to return our Census forms by April 1st. I hope to look at the interactive map and see that every neighborhood in Rockville is at a 100% participation rate. Census workers will come to your door if you don’t return it. Save everyone the time and money and do it today!
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I love that not only is the census required by law . . . but it is part of the founding document of our great nation. The framers of the Constitution understood how critically important it is for us to know all the contours of America. We live in a time when there are very few collective experiences. Funny to think that simply filling out a form connects me with hundreds of millions of other Americans. I get shivers!
Cindy,
Thanks for pointing out that Census map which is very cool. One can only imagine the computing horsepower that goes behind such an application.
The areas of the map are by Census Tract. The Woodley Gardens tract includes the Woodley Gardens neighborhood as well as College Gardens, Plymouth Woods, and parts of Woodley Gardens West. It’s sometimes difficult to see which neighborhoods are in the various Census tracts. There appear to be about 10 Census tracts totally or partially within Rockville.
(A phrase I used above that struck me on re-reading, ‘computing horsepower’ seems appropriate but oxymoronish at the same time.)
Mark
Another thought just struck me. I’ll bet there is a correlation between Census participation at this point in time, and Rockville election participation rates. I guess it’s just the statistician in me.
Mark
“Funny to think that simply filling out a form connects me with hundreds of millions of other Americans. I get shivers!”
I got shivers, albeit different ones….when filling out my IRS 1040.