Does your community know how they will get their questionnaire in March?

From the Ohio Complete Count Committee:

TYPES OF ENUMERATION

The Census Bureau will be delivering questionnaires to over 130 million households, whether in person or through the mail. Most households will receive a questionnaire after the week of March 15 and residents are expected to fill it out immediately and send it back using the pre-stamped envelope.

Roughly one percent of the nation’s population will require a census worker to leave a questionnaire at a housing unit since they are mainly rural areas without street names and/or house numbers. Residents are also expected to fill out the questionnaire and mail it back.

If your residents in community may receive a hand-deliver questionnaire, increase their awareness with door-to-door outreach and provide these tips to help them identify a census bureau worker.

Each will:

• Present an ID Badge which contains: photograph of field representative, Department of Commerce watermark, and expiration date.
• Provide you with supervisor contact information and/or the regional office phone number for verification, if asked.
• Provide you with a letter from the director of the Census Bureau on U.S. Census Bureau letterhead.
• May be carrying a laptop and/or bag with a Census Bureau logo.

Call your Local Census Office to find out how your community will receive the 2010 Census: http://2010.census.gov/2010censusjobs/how-to-apply/local-office-map.php

BENEFITS TO A HIGH RESPONSE RATE

• About $85 million is saved for every one percent increase in mail participation.
• The Census Bureau saves $60-$70 per census form that is returned by mail.
• High mail participation rates reduce the number of census workers who must go door-to-door to collect census data.

The Ohio Complete Count Committee (http://www.census.ohio.gov/) may be reached at 614.466.2116 or at Census.Ohio@development.ohio.gov.