Nation’s Participation Rate on Census Day is 54 Percent

Please read the following press release and tell others about why it’s important to send back the Census form. Calling all Hispanics to remind each other to send back the form today or as soon as possible. Do your part in saving money for our country. Read why below.

As elected officials and community leaders across the nation take part in “Census Day” activities to increase local participation in the 2010 Census, the U.S. Census Bureau today announced that 54 percent of the nation’s estimated 134 million households have mailed back their census forms.

While April 1 is officially designated as Census Day, the Census Bureau will continue to accept 2010 Census questionnaires by mail through mid-April. Beginning May 1, census workers will begin going door to door to households that failed to mail back their forms — a massive operation that costs taxpayers an average of $57 per household versus the 42 cents it takes to get a response back by mail. Read more »