3. Catch the Super Bowl XLIV?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tdd-‐W5yE-‐x8
4. Let s Talk About What You Know
• Pop Quiz For Prizes
5. Top 10 Things to Know
10. Census History
9. Social Media
8. The How To s
7. Format & Changes
6. Mandatory
5. Dates to Know
4. Census Taker
3. Every Resident Counts
2. Confidentiality
1. Money & Sense
6. 10. Census History
• 1790-Federal Marshalls went door to door took 19 months
• 80 Questions in 1840 & 1850 entire household counted
• 1900 Mechanical tabulators
• Census Bureau established 1902
• 1930 insight to economy of depression
• 1940 computer compiled statistics
7. 10. Census History (continued)
• 1960 Fill in the blank/mailed to homes
• 1970 Hispanics/Spanish claimed ethnicity
• 1980 over 50 lawsuits due to improper methods of counting
• 2000-Technology & advertising used
– 53 questions
– only 67% of household responded
8. 9. Social Media
• Twitter: @uscensusbureau
@2010Portrait
• YouTube videos
• Web site
• Facebook Fan page
• flickr Road Tour
• Countdown Clock
9. 8. The How To s
• Get the Census in the mail
• Call designated office with questions
• Return in postage paid envelope
• Can t be completed online
10. 7. Format & Changes
• Living arrangements for college students
• Takes only 10 minutes to complete
• Over 50 languages
• Only 10 questions
• Fill-in-the-blank/Mark that box
11. 6. Mandatory
• Every resident is required by law to complete and return
the Census by the universal deadline, April 1, 2010
• Those who do not participate will be visited by census
takers
• Fines can be issued (Title 13)
12. 5. Dates to Know
• March 1, 2010 Census forms delivered to households
• April 1, 2010 National Census Day
• April July 2010 Census Takers will visit households
who have not returned Census
• December 2010 President receives population info. for
apportionment
13. 4. Census Taker
• Visit if you don t return your census
• Can visit up to three times
• you can schedule an appointment
• you can become a census taker
• sworn for life to protect your info.
• multiple languages
• www.2010.census.gov/2010censusjobs/
14. 3. Every Resident Counts
• The Census focuses on residency, not citizenship
• Illegal aliens will not experience negative repercussions
• Foreign exchange students are required to complete the
Census
• U.S. residents studying abroad will not complete the
Census
15. 2. Confidentiality
• Does not ask legal status/social security number of
respondents
• Focus on statistics, not individual responses
• Section 221 of Title 13 of U.S. Code
16. 1. Money & Sense
• Determines how more than 300 billion dollars of federal
funding is spent each year
• Affects number of seats state occupies in House of
Representatives
• affects our daily lives through economic, political and
social decisions
17. Healthcare & the Census
• Money allocated to hospitals
• Representation in government
• Determines how much money is sent to local health
departments/public hospital systems
• Estimates the number of people displaced by natural
disasters
• Assesses the potential for spread of swine flu/other
communicable diseases
18. For more information!
• www.impactyournation.blogspot.com
• www.2010.census.gov
• Twitter:@ImpactURNation
