THE 2010 CENSUS: IT’S IN OUR HANDS!

The Census is taken every 10 years.  It is a count of everyone residing in the United States.  The Census determines how many seats each state will have in the U.S. House of Representatives as well as the boundaries of legislative districts.  

Quick Facts:

• Census information determines locations for schools, roads, hospitals, child care and senior citizen centers
• Businesses use Census data to locate supermarkets, shopping centers new housing and other facilities
• The 2010 will create hundreds of thousands of jobs nationwide!

Q: What does the Census do for the Village of North Riverside, and how does it affect me?

A:  It's important that everyone in North Riverside gets counted because any shared funding we get from the state or federal government is done per capita; meaning per the number of residents we have. 

For example: if we get $25 per resident in Motor Fuel Tax, the money we use to pave of streets, and the 2010 Census is lets say 500 people down from the year 2000 we loose $12,500.  So if Residents refuse to answer the 2010 Census questionnaire, we will loose money.  There is a large number of state & federal shared revenue income that all would be affected by a bad count.

2010 Census Timeline

1. Between February and March of 2010, Census questionnaires will be mailed or delivered to households.
2. April 1st, 2010  is Census Day!  The is the collection of information for a Census.
3. Between the months of April and July, Census takers will visit households that did not return a questionnaire by mail.
4. By December 2010, the Census Bureau delivers the population counts to the President

More information will be posted  here as it becomes available.  Please check back often. You may also check www.census.gov/2010census.

CENSUS 2010 JOB TESTING

Visit http://2010.census.gov/2010censusjobs  for information about testing, and times.  

YOU MUST BRING 2 FORMS OF PHOTO IDENTIFICATION TO THE EXAM!