City of Goodman, Missouri

                                                                                                                every resident of our nation:

                                                                                                                "BE COUNTED IN 2010."

 

 

The City of Goodman is a partner with the US Census Bureau in the 2010 Census.

 

All residents will receive a packet from the US Census Bureau in mid-March.  This needs to be filled out and mailed back in as soon as possible.   

It is extremely important that you fill out and return the Census information.  The information collected is primarily used to get an accurate count of the population. 

 

 

♦ What:  The census is a count of everyone residing in the United States.

 

♦ Who:  All U.S. residents must be counted - people of all races and ethnic groups, both citizens and non-citizens.

 

♦ When:  Census Day is April 1, 2010. Questionaire responses should represent the household as it exists on this day.  More detailed socioeconomic information will be collected annually from a small percentage of the population through the American Community Survey.

 

♦ Why:  The U.S. Constitution requires a national censes once every 10 years.  The census will show state population counts and determine representation in the U.S. House of Representatives.

 

♦ How:  Census questionaires will be delivered or mailed to households via U.S. mail in March 2010; many households will receive a replacement questionaire in early April.  Census workers also will visit households that do not return questionaires.

 

 

 

♦ Every year, the federal government can allocate more than $300 billion to states and communities based, in part, on census data.

 

♦ Census data guide local decision-makers on where to build new roads, hospitals, child-care and senior citizen centers, schools, and more.

 

♦ Businesses use census data to locate supermarkets, new housing and nother facilities.

 

♦ Census data determine how many seats each state will have in the U.S. House of Representatives.

 

 

 

♦ With only 10 questions, the 2010 Census questionnaire is one of the shortest questionnaires in history and takes just 10 minutes to complete.

 

♦ By law, the Census Bureau cannot share an individual's census questionnaire responses with anyone, including other federal agencies and law enforcement entities.