2010 Census Part 2

April 1st is Census Day! Hopefully you turned in your form already, but there is still time. April 1 is the reference date.

I was excited to hear the LDS church encourage all its members to respond to the Census is an accurate and timely manner.
http://newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/news-releases-stories/first-presidency-urges-church-members-to-participate-in-u-s-census

I don’t have mail delivery at my apartment. I was curious if I would get a Census form or be counted in our Census Enumeration of Transitory locations (like hotels, RV parks, and marinas). Since I didn’t get a form, I went ahead and looked up locations to pick up a Be Counted form. I actually picked up my 2010 Census Be Counted form at a Duncan Donuts and mailed that in. I happened to be in my front office on April 1st and saw a Census form. Since they aren’t supposed to forward Census forms, and I know I (as one of the few permanent residents in the complex) didn’t get a form, I was curious how it got there. As I asked the person at the front desk, I just cringed as she responded that the forms had been delivered by the post office, and that they were throwing them away. Great. (Not!) So, she did dig through her pile and find my replacement form and gave it to me. :-)

Here’s some other links about 2010 Census and some of the myths going around.
http://blogs.census.gov/2010census/
http://factcheck.org/2010/03/census-nonsense/
http://2010.census.gov/2010census/why/constitutional.php
http://2010.census.gov