On January 5, 2010, the US Census Road Tour vehicle will visit Garner, where it will be stationed at White Oak Shopping Center from 3:00 to 5:00 pm.
The census road tour supports the U.S. Census Bureau and area Complete Count Committees, who have something to say to the people of North Carolina: Be counted!
With the 2010 Census taking place this spring, that message is hitting the road as the “Portrait of America” census tour begins in Charlotte on Monday, January, 4. The 2010 Census Road Tour vehicle was christened and dubbed “Founders,” as it began its journey across the United States. The moniker refers to America’s founding fathers, who saw the census as a basic tool of democracy and mandated a national headcount every 10 years in the U.S. Constitution.
State and local governments, as well as community-based organizations have established “complete count committees” to promote the 2010 Census and urge participation.
From its start in Charlotte, the Census Road Tour vehicle begins a five-state road tour with the theme “Portrait of America.” The census theme was designed to inform people about the importance of the census and urge them to be included and counted by filling out their census questionnaires. The tour features a colorfully wrapped Sprinter van with a 12-foot trailer allowing an onsite, hands-on, and online experience.
Census questionnaires will be mailed or delivered to about 130 million households across America in mid-March. People are asked to return their completed 10-question census forms in March and April. Census takers are sworn to exhibit complete confidentiality as they begin visiting households in early May to collect unreturned questionnaires. April 1, 2010 is Census Day, the reference date for census information.
Census counts are used to determine the number of congressional seats for each state, the shape of legislative and local government districts, and how more than $400 billion in federal funds is distributed annually to communities across the country.
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