The US Census will happen in March of 2010. Look for your US Census form in the mail. Fill it out - only 10 questions, only 10 minutes of your time. DC COUNTS!
07/30/2010
Today is the LAST DAY to ensure you are counted - call toll-free 1-866-872-6868
Newsroom: 2010 Census: Last Day to Ensure You Are Included in 2010 Census The U.S. Census Bureau reminded the nation today that on Friday, July 30, it will shut down its toll-free telephone assistance line. More than 130,000 interviews have been completed via the toll free line. Friday is the last day for callers who feel they may have been overlooked in the census to com...
06/21/2010
Another cool story about the Portaits of DC photo contest:
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05/24/2010
Check out this PSA about Census Takers from kids at the Multi-Media Training Institute - http://www.mmtidc.org/
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05/04/2010
Keep an eye out for those takers,
How to Recognize an Official Census Taker - DCist Now that it's May, census takers are hitting the streets to make personal visits to anyone who didn't mail back their 2010 census form. You'll likely see them around town, and in the event you didn't return a census form (or didn’t receive one), you'll also meet one at your front door.
05/03/2010
Nice AP article on workers preparing to go door-to-door. Help them out and be counted!
Census workers get ready for door-to-door count Knock, knock, who's there? Census workers get ready to start nationwide, door-to-door count
05/03/2010
As takers go door to door, an article on sampling & surveys. Warning - there is math involved.
Jordan Ellenberg - The census will be wrong. We could fix it. The agency tracking America's population should start correcting its errors.
04/30/2010
Keep an eye out for takers, hitting the streets of this weekend. Make sure DC Counts!
U.S. Census Workers To Hit The Streets Starting In May » We Love DC If you haven’t yet filled out your 2010 Census form, starting in May chances are you’ll be getting a friendly knock on the door from your local census worker. The U.S. Census staffer will be asking you ...
04/30/2010
Portraits of - the faces of the District and the 2010 .
The faces of D.C. A photo contest aimed at raising awareness of the 2010 Census drew hundreds of entries depicting Washington's many faces. The 51 winners of the Portraits of D.C. contest will be unveiled at an awards ceremony April 27 at Social, 1400 Meridian Place NW, and in May at the Walter E. Washington Conventi...
04/29/2010
Phase 2 of the starts this weekend - please answer the door and be counted!
Census takers to return to homes where forms weren't sent back The 20 people huddled around six folding tables in a basement dance studio in Columbia Heights will soon fan out across the District on behalf of the census.
04/28/2010
mail response rate of 69% The other 31% need to answer the door when a taker comes.
Take 10 Map - 2010 Census America participated! 72 percent of households participated in the 2010 Census by mail -- the same rate achieved in Census 2000. Now census takers begin the task of going door-to-door to obtain census responses in person. ...
Nice shout out in Roll Call for and Portraits of DC - fun promotion!
Another Way to Count, One Photo at a Time - Roll Call If the U.S. Census Bureau used talented local photographers to take a sampling of the District in pictures instead of data, it might end up with the same results as the 2010 Census: Portraits of DC contest.