Today Is The Last Day To Mail Your 2010 Census

If you haven’t mailed it, you are going to get a knock on your door by a Census worker. This is your last warning! If your Census questionnaire is still laying around your house, you will be visited by a worker going door to door to collect census responses unless you mail it today. The U.S. Constitution mandates an accurate count of every person living in the United States every ten years.Census workers have been hired from our community and they’ll come a knockin’ up to six times. Each time they’ll leave a door hanger featuring a phone number. Residents can call the number on the hanger to schedule a visit and be counted.“Now’s the time to clear off your kitchen table and stick that form in the mail,” U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert Groves said. “Residents who fail to mail back their forms today should be prepared to get a knock on their doors in May and July.”How did Rockville do? I >looked at the participation rates for the Top 50 Cities in the US and we’re not on it. Maryland is at 74%, Montgomery County is at 74% and Rockville is at 76%. So 24% of the City’s households have not returned their forms.

Remember: The 2010 Census count will be used to decide on congressional seats for states, to distribute more than $400 billion in federal funds to tribal, state and local governments, and to make decisions about which community services to provide.

All the 2010 Census forms are short. 10 questions in less than 10 minutes. Your privacy is protected by law.

Be counted Rockville!

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