Granted, I waited until just before the last minute to send mine back. I held onto it as a reference for our company's series that will cover the Census process throughout.

Then, a second one arrived and I mailed the first one off earlier this week and I'm glad that my family is in the count.


Today marks the last day for residents across the country to mail back their 2010 Census questionnaires. Households that return their forms after April 16 will likely be visited by census workers when they begin May 1 going door to door to collect census responses.

 Nationwide, about 68 percent of households have mailed back their census forms as of today. In 2000, the mail-in participation rate was 72 percent.


The U.S. Census Bureau is encouraging everyone to get their forms in the mail today.
Census takers, who are members of the community in which they are working, will visit a household up to
six times, each time leaving 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.”


ABOUT THE 2010 CENSUS

The 2010 Census is a count of everyone living in the United States and is mandated by the U.S. Constitution. Census data are used to apportion congressional seats to states, to distribute more than $400 billion in
federal funds to tribal, state and local governments each year and to make decisions about what community services to provide. The form is one of the shortest in U.S. history, consisting of 10 questions, taking about 10 minutes to complete. Strict confidentiality laws protect the respondents and the information they provide.