Census Workers Visiting

Homes in Yarmouth…

 

The decennial census is now just a year away, and the first field

operation is about to begin. Starting Monday, April 20, people from

Maine communities and neighborhoods will be conducting address

canvassing operations around the state.

What is address canvassing?

• Approximately 800 census takers around the state will use GPS enabled

handheld computers to verify the location of housing units

in your community.

• Addresses will be used to determine where the US Census

Bureau will send questionnaires and enumerators for the 2010

Census.

• Employees can be identified by the official Census Bureau badge

they carry.

• All census information collected, including addresses, are

confidential and protected by law. The Census Bureau cannot

share respondents’ answers with the FBI, the CIA, Welfare,

Immigration, or any other government agency.

• Census data are used to determine representation in Congress as

well as state legislative district boundaries. Approximately $300

billion in federal funding is distributed to communities around the

country each year based on census data.