CENSUS DAY - APRIL 1, 2010
The 2010 Census: Vital to Your FutureIn March 2010, more than 130 million addresses across the nation will receive a census form. One of the shortest census forms in history, the 2010 Census form asks 10 questions and takes only 10 minutes to complete. Completing your census form is easy, important and safe. Your participation is essential to ensuring a brighter tomorrow for our community.
By law, the Census Bureau cannot share respondents' answers with anyone, including other federal agencies and law enforcement entities. All Census Bureau employees take an oath of nondisclosure and are sworn for life to protect the confidentiality of the data. The penalty for unlawful disclosure is a fine of up to $250,000 or imprisonment of up to five years, or both.
Required once every 10 years by the U.S. Constitution, the census counts everyone living in the United States, both citizens and noncitizens. Census data are used to reapportion the U.S. House of Representatives, re-district each state and determine the distribution of the Electoral College. Census data also directly affect how more than $400 billion per year in federal funding is distributed to state, local and tribal governments. Census data are critical in determining locations for new hospitals, improving schools, building new roads, expanding public transportation options, creating new maps for emergency responders and much more.
By participating in the census, you can help create a better future for you and those important to you. Complete and return your form when it arrives. To learn more, visit 2010census.gov or call the Muncipal Center at 359-6114.
Village Board Proclamation
Watch your mailbox in early March for a letter from the US Census Bureau with information on the 2010 Census. It will be addressed to "Current Resident." Census forms will follow the end of March. Please make sure you take the time to fill it out and return it. Census workers will be sent in May to addresses who do not return the forms.
REMEMBER TO RETURN YOUR CENSUS FORM & CHECK VILLAGE OF WESTON on your Census form when you receive it in the mail this March. Not doing so can hurt the Village because federal dollars are distributed based on the population counts for services like education, transportation, health care and job training. The data collected also determines the number of seats Wisconsin receives in the U.S. House of Representatives. The Village loses $1200 per year for each person who is not counted.
What is the Census?
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Privacy and Confidentiality
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Sample Census Forms
Note: These are NOT official forms and should not be filled out. You will receive an OFFICIAL Census form as we approach Census Day, April 1, 2010.
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Complete Count Committee
Weston Edition of The CCC Newsbeat
Census Related Information in Different Language
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Census 2010 Jobs
The U.S. Census Bureau is recruiting temporary, part-time census takers for the 2010 Census. These short-term jobs offer good pay, flexible hours, paid training, and reimbursement for authorized work-related expenses, such as mileage incurred while conducting census work. Best of all, census takers work right in their own communities.
Census taker jobs are excellent for people who want to work part-time, those who are between jobs, or just about anyone who wants to earn extra money while performing an important service for their community. For more information call 1-866-861-2010 or visit the at Census Jobs webpage.
Census 2010 Links
Census 2010 Homepage
Census Jobs
American Community Survey (ACS)
American Community Survey
