Non-response Follow-up (May 1–Jul 10, 2010) and Re-interview (May 7–Jul 27, 2010):

Census takers will visit homes that did not return a completed questionnaire by early April to conduct a personal interview and obtain the required information.

Coverage Follow-up (Apr 26, 2010–Aug 13, 2010):

 This is a telephone operation which checks to ensure that no person is left out nor counted in more than one place in the Census and clarifies collected responses to improve the accuracy of Census data.

Vacant Delete Check  (Jul 24–Aug 25, 2010):

 Census workers visit to verify addresses that enumerators recorded in the Non-response Follow-up as either vacant or not a housing unit on Census Day.

Field Verification (Aug 6-Sept 3, 2010):

Census workers verify the existence of units in which we have a completed form, but does not match an address in the Census Master Address File.

For assistance call the Questionnaire Assistance Center at 1-866-872-6868. (If you prefer a Spanish-speaking operator, then dial 1-866-928-2010.) The lines will be open from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. seven days a week from February 25, 2010 through July 30, 2010. For the hearing-impaired, TDD 1-866-783-2010.

Print out this handy Fact Sheet about the Census

2010 marks not only the beginning of a new decade, but the resurfacing of an event that has been occurring every ten years since 1790.  This event has an influence both nationally and locally, and its impact is felt not only now, but in the future as well.   It is, as the slogan says, a ‘snapshot of America’ and it is the 2010 Census.

Quick Facts:

   - Census information is used to determine how federal dollars are spent on:

      - schools

      - hospitals

      - senior centers

      - roads, etc.

   - Census data is used to determine distribution of seats in the US House of Representatives.

What to expect:

   - March 2010- Census questionaires will be mailed out.

   - April - July 2010- Census takers will canvas communities to try to obtain information from people who did not return their form.

What not to expect:

   - Census questionaires & Census takers do not ask questions about:

      - financial information

      - social security number(s)

      - citizenship/ immigration status

      - making a monetary donation

      - opinoin questions

Census Scam Reported:

“Census of Senior Citizens” is NOT the Census

A Buffalo Grove resident recently received a piece of mail from an organization that calls themselves the “National Census of Senior Citizens.” The letter states that the resident needs to complete the enclosed survey and return it within 5 days. It says “Your name was electronically selected to represent your voting district in this National Census of Senior Citizens… Your answers in this National Census of Senior Citizens will help the Council for Retirement Security plan strategy for Senior Citizens this coming year.” The letter requests that the person send a donation of $14.58 with their survey. This is NOT the census – it is an organization using the name of the census to convince people to donate money. The entire letter is available here: http://foster.house.gov/UploadedFiles/Senior_Census_Mailer.pdf, and here are two news articles about this mailing:

'National Census' Scam Targets Senior Citizens

Letters Mimic Official Census, AG Warns

If anyone receives these letters, they can report it to the Illinois Attorney General’s Office Senior Citizen Consumer Fraud Hotline at (800)243-5377.

Please educate consumers in your area that the real census form is NOT an opinion survey, and census documents will NOT request money or personal information like Social Security or Medicare numbers. For more information about the real census, you can visit the census website at http://2010.census.gov/2010census/.

Questions?  

Contact Mike O'Donnell, Chariman of the Complete Count Committee for McLean County at 309.829.6018 x. 211

or

Jered Ulschmid, Peace Corps Fellow at 309.829.6018 x. 224

For more information visit the 2010 Census website.