The Census Bureau released the final mail participation rates for cities, counties and the nation. This includes any responses received by mail after the initial deadline of April 27th. For more information please, see this release. We'll try to post the rates for the areas in our region sometime next week.
Census Bureau Announces Final Mail Participation Results
The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that 74 percent of households in the United States filled out and mailed back their 2010 Census questionnaire, matching the final mail participation rate achieved in 2000 Census. The final 74 percent mail participation rate includes an additional 2 percent of households that mailed back their forms after April 27, when the U.S. Census Bureau announced a 72 percent participation rate.
You can access the final mail participation rates for the nation, states, counties, cities, towns and neighborhood level by clicking here.
For more information, please visit.
Friday, October 22, 2010
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Video on Quality Assurance Operations
A small percentage of households will be selected this summer to participate in the Census 2010 Quality Assurance Operations. The video above describes the purpose and type of quality assurance checks that are in place for collecting Census responses.
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Why am I Being Contacted by Census – I Returned my Form!
Many have asked this question, here's is the latest information from the Census Bureau on this subject:
We’ve finished the third week of the Nonresponse Followup stage of the 2010 Census. The completion of interviews in this phase is proceeding roughly on schedule. As of Saturday, we completed over 50% of the entire workload.
Some questions are coming in from folks who completed and mailed back their census forms, but are being visited by census workers in person, or receiving a phone call from the US Census Bureau. It might be a good time to go over the different reasons this might be happening. (All of the reasons are variants of attempts to make sure we’ve counted people once and only once and in the right place, their April 1, 2010, usual residence.) We use two ways of contacting people -- face to face visits and telephone calls.
Here are some reasons why you might get a knock on the door:
1. We received your mailed-in form too late to scratch your unit off the list of addresses to visit. (Since some forms get lost in transit, we train our enumerators to ask the census questions at every door they’re assigned; please be patient with this request).
2. There was missing or conflicting information on the form we received. (We want to make sure the information we collect from your household is complete and correct.)
3. We can’t match the address you provided on a “Be Counted” form or over the phone to our master address list. (We send the enumerator to you to make sure all information in properly attached to the right housing unit).
If we are uncertain about any of the answers your household provided on the census, we may call to get a better understanding of the situation and ensure we get an accurate count.
Here are a few reasons why you may receive a telephone call from the US Census Bureau:
1. If the number given for how many people were living at the address on April 1 does not match the number of people for whom information was provided.
2. If the form indicates that additional people were staying at the address on April 1 but were not included in the household’s count.
3. If we suspect we have received duplicate information about a housing unit or individual, we will follow-up to make sure people are not counted twice.
You can confirm that the individual calling is really from the Census Bureau by running through this checklist. Read more about the Nonresponse Followup on Census Director Groves’ blog at http://blogs.census.gov/2010census/.
Thank you for your commitment to the 2010 Census.
We’ve finished the third week of the Nonresponse Followup stage of the 2010 Census. The completion of interviews in this phase is proceeding roughly on schedule. As of Saturday, we completed over 50% of the entire workload.
Some questions are coming in from folks who completed and mailed back their census forms, but are being visited by census workers in person, or receiving a phone call from the US Census Bureau. It might be a good time to go over the different reasons this might be happening. (All of the reasons are variants of attempts to make sure we’ve counted people once and only once and in the right place, their April 1, 2010, usual residence.) We use two ways of contacting people -- face to face visits and telephone calls.
Here are some reasons why you might get a knock on the door:
1. We received your mailed-in form too late to scratch your unit off the list of addresses to visit. (Since some forms get lost in transit, we train our enumerators to ask the census questions at every door they’re assigned; please be patient with this request).
2. There was missing or conflicting information on the form we received. (We want to make sure the information we collect from your household is complete and correct.)
3. We can’t match the address you provided on a “Be Counted” form or over the phone to our master address list. (We send the enumerator to you to make sure all information in properly attached to the right housing unit).
If we are uncertain about any of the answers your household provided on the census, we may call to get a better understanding of the situation and ensure we get an accurate count.
Here are a few reasons why you may receive a telephone call from the US Census Bureau:
1. If the number given for how many people were living at the address on April 1 does not match the number of people for whom information was provided.
2. If the form indicates that additional people were staying at the address on April 1 but were not included in the household’s count.
3. If we suspect we have received duplicate information about a housing unit or individual, we will follow-up to make sure people are not counted twice.
You can confirm that the individual calling is really from the Census Bureau by running through this checklist. Read more about the Nonresponse Followup on Census Director Groves’ blog at http://blogs.census.gov/2010census/.
Thank you for your commitment to the 2010 Census.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Final Participation Rates for Mailout portion of Census 2010 Released
The Census Bureau has released the final Census 2010 participation rates from the mail-out mail-back operation, the first phase of the data collection. On Saturday, Census takers will begin the next phase, non-response follow-up, which includes visiting those addresses that did not respond to the Census forms.
The nation reached the level of participation achieved during Census 2000 (72%) and Texas has exceeded the 2000 rate by 1% (69%). For CAPCOG counties, all have met or exceeded the 2000 level of participation except for Blanco. The table below summaries each county.
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Fifteen cities in the CAPCOG region had participation rates increase by double digits when compared to the rate in 2000. Here's a look at those cities.
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Thirty cities in the region had participation rates over 75%, here's a table of those.
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Although Austin did not reach 75%, its participation rate (at 69%) did go up by 1% compared to the Census 2000 rate. And it also exceeded the rates of both Dallas and Houston. This table shows the participation rates for the 20 most populated Texas cities.
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Lastly, though these numbers look pretty good so far, the work has not been finished for Census 2010. Any remaining Census forms that are returned will still be counted. Also, group quarter enumeration continues and housing units not returning a form will be visited up to six times in order to get a response from that household or determine that the unit is vacant.
To view more Census 2010 participation rate data for all states, cities in Texas with an estimated population of 50,000 or more, and all CAPCOG cities, view these spreadsheets. You can also check out the Take10 map.
Here are the notes for all tables above.
The nation reached the level of participation achieved during Census 2000 (72%) and Texas has exceeded the 2000 rate by 1% (69%). For CAPCOG counties, all have met or exceeded the 2000 level of participation except for Blanco. The table below summaries each county.
(Click image for larger version)
Fifteen cities in the CAPCOG region had participation rates increase by double digits when compared to the rate in 2000. Here's a look at those cities.
(Click image for larger version)
Thirty cities in the region had participation rates over 75%, here's a table of those.
(Click image for larger version)
Although Austin did not reach 75%, its participation rate (at 69%) did go up by 1% compared to the Census 2000 rate. And it also exceeded the rates of both Dallas and Houston. This table shows the participation rates for the 20 most populated Texas cities.
(Click image to view larger)
Lastly, though these numbers look pretty good so far, the work has not been finished for Census 2010. Any remaining Census forms that are returned will still be counted. Also, group quarter enumeration continues and housing units not returning a form will be visited up to six times in order to get a response from that household or determine that the unit is vacant.
To view more Census 2010 participation rate data for all states, cities in Texas with an estimated population of 50,000 or more, and all CAPCOG cities, view these spreadsheets. You can also check out the Take10 map.
Here are the notes for all tables above.
Monday, April 19, 2010
Friday, April 16, 2010
Last Day to Mail back Census Form
Courtesy of the U.S. Census Bureau.
FRIDAY, April 16 -
This is it! Fill out and mail back your census form TODAY!
If you do not mail back your census form, a census taker will visit your home in person to ensure that we accurately count each person in the country...
Census takers are your neighbors – people from your community, hired by the Census Bureau, to go door-to-door and collect census information from residents that have not sent back their 2010 Census forms. Please cooperate with the census takers to ensure an accurate count of your community.
A census taker will visit your home up to six times, each time leaving a door hanger. The door hanger has a phone number on it that you can call to schedule a visit and be counted.
To learn more about the door to door census taking operation, watch this video
http://2010.census.gov/mediacenter/spread-message/door-to-door.php
FRIDAY, April 16 -
This is it! Fill out and mail back your census form TODAY!
If you do not mail back your census form, a census taker will visit your home in person to ensure that we accurately count each person in the country...
Census takers are your neighbors – people from your community, hired by the Census Bureau, to go door-to-door and collect census information from residents that have not sent back their 2010 Census forms. Please cooperate with the census takers to ensure an accurate count of your community.
A census taker will visit your home up to six times, each time leaving a door hanger. The door hanger has a phone number on it that you can call to schedule a visit and be counted.
To learn more about the door to door census taking operation, watch this video
http://2010.census.gov/mediacenter/spread-message/door-to-door.php
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Block Parties, Bike-a-Thons, Crawfish Boils on Tap for 2010 Census March to the Mailbox Effort to Boost Mail-Back
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 7, 2010
Contact: Jenna Steormann Arnold
U.S. Census Bureau--Dallas Regional Census Center
2777 N. Stemmons Fwy., Suite 200
Dallas, TX 75207
214-637-9698 Media hotline 214-796-0815 Cell
E-mail: jenna.n.steormann@census.gov
Block Parties, Bike-a-Thons, Crawfish Boils on Tap for 2010 Census March to the Mailbox Effort to Boost Mail-Back
AUSTIN, Texas – Block parties, bike-a-thons, picnics and crawfish boils are on the agenda for this weekend, when cities and local community groups stage awareness events in neighborhoods and communities across the country to urge households to mail back their 2010 Census questionnaires.
The effort is a final appeal to get residents to complete the 10-question Census form and mail it back so that everyone is counted and that each community gets its fair share of political representation and federal funding. Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi have had among the lowest 2010 Census participation rates in the nation.
To help out, awareness events are planned for every corner of every state to promote Census 2010 participation, the final publicity push before Census workers are dispatched to the field to knock on doors and gather the information in person. Among them:
*** Mailbox Mixer at Martin Middle School Family Resource Center
Where: 1601 Haskell St.
When: Friday, April 9, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
-more-
The 2010 Census has used a wide-ranging multi-pronged campaign to raise awareness and participation of the 2010 Census to reduce the expense of door-to-door canvassing by Census enumerators, a costly and time consuming operation. While a Census form can be returned by mail for less than 50 cents, it costs an average of $57 for each household to send workers to retrieve the information in person. If 100 percent of all households mailed back their forms, taxpayers would save about $1.5 billion.
The decennial Census is taken every 10 years to count everyone in the United States where they live, a mandate in Article 1, Section 2, of the U.S. Constitution.
An accurate count is important because the numbers collected determine how seats in the U.S. House of Representatives are divided among the states and is a factor in the redistribution among states of $400 billion annually of federal monies for public infrastructure and programs, such as funding for highways, health programs, public housing and economic development.
The 2010 Census questionnaires should have arrived by mail or hand-delivery. It is the shortest in recent history, consisting of only 10 questions. It takes fewer than 10 minutes to complete and will affect life in your community for the next 10 years. The census has been taken every decade since 1790.
If you need help filling out your Census questionnaire or want the questions explained, please call 866-872-6868. If you have not received a Census form by April 12, please call the number to request a replacement questionnaire.
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April 7, 2010
Contact: Jenna Steormann Arnold
U.S. Census Bureau--Dallas Regional Census Center
2777 N. Stemmons Fwy., Suite 200
Dallas, TX 75207
214-637-9698 Media hotline 214-796-0815 Cell
E-mail: jenna.n.steormann@census.gov
Block Parties, Bike-a-Thons, Crawfish Boils on Tap for 2010 Census March to the Mailbox Effort to Boost Mail-Back
AUSTIN, Texas – Block parties, bike-a-thons, picnics and crawfish boils are on the agenda for this weekend, when cities and local community groups stage awareness events in neighborhoods and communities across the country to urge households to mail back their 2010 Census questionnaires.
The effort is a final appeal to get residents to complete the 10-question Census form and mail it back so that everyone is counted and that each community gets its fair share of political representation and federal funding. Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi have had among the lowest 2010 Census participation rates in the nation.
To help out, awareness events are planned for every corner of every state to promote Census 2010 participation, the final publicity push before Census workers are dispatched to the field to knock on doors and gather the information in person. Among them:
*** Mailbox Mixer at Martin Middle School Family Resource Center
Where: 1601 Haskell St.
When: Friday, April 9, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
-more-
The 2010 Census has used a wide-ranging multi-pronged campaign to raise awareness and participation of the 2010 Census to reduce the expense of door-to-door canvassing by Census enumerators, a costly and time consuming operation. While a Census form can be returned by mail for less than 50 cents, it costs an average of $57 for each household to send workers to retrieve the information in person. If 100 percent of all households mailed back their forms, taxpayers would save about $1.5 billion.
The decennial Census is taken every 10 years to count everyone in the United States where they live, a mandate in Article 1, Section 2, of the U.S. Constitution.
An accurate count is important because the numbers collected determine how seats in the U.S. House of Representatives are divided among the states and is a factor in the redistribution among states of $400 billion annually of federal monies for public infrastructure and programs, such as funding for highways, health programs, public housing and economic development.
The 2010 Census questionnaires should have arrived by mail or hand-delivery. It is the shortest in recent history, consisting of only 10 questions. It takes fewer than 10 minutes to complete and will affect life in your community for the next 10 years. The census has been taken every decade since 1790.
If you need help filling out your Census questionnaire or want the questions explained, please call 866-872-6868. If you have not received a Census form by April 12, please call the number to request a replacement questionnaire.
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