The Census is coming! The Census is coming!
In an effort to ensure that every one is counted, the U.S. Census Department is enlisting the help of colleges and universities around the country.
According to a letter from the Paul Gammill, the director of the U.S. Education Department’s Family Policy Compliance Office, Census officials will visit university campuses three times before the spring — Census Day is on April 1, 2010 — to collect information on “shared living” facilities on campus.
That means all of you in those forced-quad lounges won’t be forgotten.
Because all U.S. citizens are required by law to participate in the Census, the government is going the extra mile — on a national campus tour, that is — to see to it that everyone’s civic duty is fulfilled.
The education department said Residence Assistants would be put in charge of making sure everyone on their hall is counted. If a student does not fill out the necessary paperwork, however, the Census Department will go directly to the Registrar’s office to obtain students’ information.
So stand up and be counted!
Census Facts:
- Federal law protects the personal information you share during the census.
- In an attempt to reach everyone, Census forms will be printed in English and Spanish this year.
- Census data are used to distribute Congressional seats to states, to make decisions about what public services to provide to communities, and to distribute about $400 billion in federal funds to local and state each year.