Central Vermont Regional

Planning Commission

29 Main Street, Suite 4, Montpelier, VT  05602 

 Vermont 2010 Census

Do you have questions about the census than visit the Vermont State Data Center's

web page at http://crs.uvm.edu/census/

 

CVRPC would like to challenge the people in our region to respond at a higher rate than they did during the 2000 Census. 

  • Washington County 2000 Census participation rate was 66%.

  • State of Vermont 2000 Census participation rate was 64%

  • National 2000 Census participation rate was 72%

Washington County 2010 Census participation rate

 

 

Use this link  http://2010.census.gov/2010census/take10map/ to see a map of the current participating rates for the 2010 census.

 

Use this link  http://2010.census.gov/2010census/2000map/  to see the participation rates for the 2000 census and how our county compared to other counties in Vermont.  While your there also have a look at your towns results by census tract.

 

Facts about the 2010 Census

  • More than 130 million addresses across the nation will receive a census form in March 2010 either by U.S. mail or hand delivery.

 

  • April 1, 2010, is Census Day, the official day of the population count. Responses to the census form should include everyone who will be living at that address as of that day. (It is not necessary to wait until Census Day to return the census form, however. Forms should be returned as quickly as possible.) People should be counted where they live or sleep most of time.

 

  • Everyone must be counted. This includes people of all ages, races and ethnic groups; citizens and noncitizens.

 

    • For the first time in its history, the Census Bureau will mail about 13 million bilingual forms in English and Spanish to households in areas with high concentrations of Spanish-only speakers.

 

    • Questionnaire Assistance Centers (QAC) will be available to assist those unable to read or understand the census form, and a Language Assistance Guide also will be available in 59 languages at all QAC locations. All Language Assistance Guides will be available to download or print at 2010census.gov .

 

    • For those with visual impairments, the Language Assistance Guide will be available in large print and Braille. Deaf and hard-of-hearing persons who do not have access to Video Relay Service (VRS) can call the TDD number, 1-866-783-2010.

 

  • Those who feel they may not have been counted can visit any one of 40,000 “Be Counted” sites or Questionnaire Assistance Centers. The Census Bureau established these locations as a resource for people who need help filling out a form and to ensure they are counted only once and in the right place.

 

  • Completing and mailing back a form is the easiest and most efficient method of participating in the 2010 Census.

 

  • Through the “Take 10” initiative, the Census Bureau and its partners ask people to “take 10 minutes” to complete and return their form by mail in an effort to surpass the Census 2000 mail participation rate of 72 percent, which was the national rate as of the April 2000 cut-off.

 

  • About $85 million is saved for every one percent increase in mail participation.

 

  • The Census Bureau saves $60-$70 per census form that is returned by mail.

 

  • During peak recruiting for 2010 field operations, nearly 500 Local Census Offices will hire more than 1.2 million people to conduct all remaining 2010 Census field operations.

 

    • You can view the Web-based maps in nine different levels of detail: national, state, county, city, consolidated city, municipality, congressional district, minor civil division and collection tract.