Someone's Knocking At The Door . . .

. . . or at least they will be if you do not mail back your Census form!

Most households should receive the Census questionnaire in this week's mail, and if you wait too long to return it an enumerator will likely be knocking on your door in the next few weeks.  So, if you want to avoid that, please do not delay and mail it back as quickly as possible. It takes only a few minutes.

The following information about missing or erroneously addressed Census forms is taken from the Census Blog. You may find this helpful if you or someone you know has this problem:


"One question keeps popping up: What should I do if my census form has an incorrect address or if I don’t receive a form at all?

If your form has the wrong city name or zip code, please note the following:
 * The actual location of your address has been verified for accuracy. Contained in the barcodes on your form is information about the correct geographic location to which your housing unit belongs. This geographic information was verified last year by census workers who physically located each housing unit on the ground and assigned the housing units a “geocode” using special census maps and GPS coordinates.

* The address on your census form or advance letter may not list the city name you identify with or are used to seeing on your mail. This is a result of a cost-saving measure that streamlines how the forms are sorted and delivered to you by the U.S. Postal Service. It will NOT affect which city, town or block your household’s responses will be assigned to. If your city or area did not receive census forms, please be patient. The forms are either on their way, or census workers will come in May through July to conduct the census in person.
If you don’t receive a form at all, please take the following steps:
1) Wait: If you haven’t received a form, wait until April 12 to allow time for it to arrive. Millions of census forms are on their way to households across the country.
2) Contact Us: If you still have not received your form by April 12, then you may contact one of our 2010 Census Toll-free help lines.
* English: 1-866-872-6868

* Chinese: 1-866-935-2010

* Korean: 1-866-955-2010

* Russian: 1-866-965-2010

* Spanish: 1-866-928-2010

* Vietnamese: 1-866-945-2010

* TDD (Telephone Display Device for the hearing impaired): 1-866-783-2010

* Puerto Rico (in English): 1-866-939-2010

* Puerto Rico (in Spanish): 1-866-929-2010"