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Oct 22, 2010 13:32 - 1 Comment
Yesterday the U.S. Census Bureau announced the final mail participation rates for the 2010 Census questionnaire and the residents of Rockville did well filling out and mailing back the forms.
The City of Rockville participation rate was 81% compared to 80% for Montgomery County and 76% for Maryland.
The final rate includes an additional 2% of households that mailed back their forms after April 27. These forms were received too late to prevent a visit by a census taker, but they were included in the final tally.
Census Bureau Director Robert Groves explained, “We are very pleased with the public’s response to the 2010 Census, and these results demonstrate that the public stepped up to be counted.”
The nationwide participation rate was 74% and the Census Bureau considers this rate “a significant achievement in a time of declining survey participation worldwide.” Good job Rockville for far exceeding the national results!
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Approximately 47 million households that did not mail back a census form by the deadline were visited by census takers in person as part of a series of operations and methods to ensure as complete a count as possible. The Census Bureau either received a form or attempted repeated visits to 100 percent of the identified housing units in the country.
The law requires the Census Bureau to report the results to the nation by December 31st.
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It’s the unidentified households that were not counted. It will be interesting to see the Rockville statistical census results. We are probably one of the few cities that have a good handle of its housing stock yet keeping track of all the moving individuals is a big task. It always amazes me how many of my family and friends’ addresses change each year.
Hurray for Rockville’s 81% participation!