CENSUS 2000

KARA MILLER
Email: kara_2428@yahoo.com
705 W. Newton Road
Bowling Green OH 43402
Office: 419-353-2735
Fax: 419-353-2762

CENSUS 2000

CENSUS 2000 -- AWARENESS

Census Day is April 1, 2000, the day we take inventory of our nation's population. About a week before Census Day, most households will receive a questionnaire by mail. Census takers will deliver forms to the remaining households. The Census 2000 questionnaire will be easy to read and simple to fill out. The Census 2000 questionnaire that most people will get will ask about only seven subjects.

Census 2000 will help decision-makers understand which neighborhoods need new schools and which ones need greater services for the elderly. But they won't be able to tell what your community needs if you and your neighbors don't fill out your census forms and mail them back.

Once the Census Bureau receives your questionnaire, our work has only begun. If the questionnaire is incomplete, a census employee must contact you to obtain the missing information. Then the answers on your questionnaire are combined. It is these combined numbers -- not your individual ansers -- that are published and put to work for your community.

The Census Bureau's dedication to confidentiality plays an important role in everything it does -- including hiring, training, planning procedures and reporting. By law, the Census Bureau cannot share your answers with the IRS, FBI, Welfare, Immigration -- or any other government agency. Census workers are sworn to secrecy and they can face a $5,000 fine and a five-year prison term if they violate the oath of confidentiality. Answering the Census is important, easy and safe.

JOBS AVAILABLE

CENSUS 2000 HAS TEMPORARY FULL- & PART-TIME POSITIONS AVAILABLE FOR CENSUS TAKERS. PAY STARTS AT $11.00 PER HOUR AND 32 CENTS PER MILE WHILE ON THE JOB. ALL YOU SIMPLY NEED TO DO IS TAKE A 30 MINUTE, BASIC SKILLS TEST.

TO APPLY, PLEASE CALL 1-888-325-7733 OR 419-353-2735.

Ways to Use Census 2000

Five BIG Reasons Why You Should Fill Out Your Census Form.

1. Help Your Community Thrive. Does your neighborhood have a lot of traffic congestion, elderly people living alone or over croweded schools? Census numbers can help your community work out public improvement strategies.

2. Get Help in Times of Need. Many 911 emergency systems are based on maps developed for the last census. Census information helps health providers predict the spread of disease through communities or with children or elderly people. When floods, tornadoes or earthquakes hit, the census tells rescuers how many people will need their help.

3. Make Government Work for You. It's a good way to tell our leaders who we are and what we need. The numbers are used to help determine the distribution of over $100 billion in federal funds and even more in state funds. We're talking hospitals, highways, stadiums and school lunch programs.

4. Reduce Risk for American Business. Because census numbers help industry reduce financial risk and locate potential markets, businesses are able to produce the products you want.

5. Help Yourself and Your Family. Individual records are held confidential for 72 years, but you can request a certificate from past censuses that can be used as proof to establish your age, residence or relationship, information that could help you qualify for a pension, establish citizenship or obtain an inheritance. In 2072, your great-grandchildren may want to use census information to research family history. Right now, your children may be using census information to do their homework.

Other Ways to Use Census 2000:

-- Reapportionment of seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.
--Drawing school district boundaries.
--The distribution of over $100 billion in federal funds and even more in state funds.
--Urban planning.
--Rural development.
--Locating factory sites and distribution centers.
--Attracting new businesses to state and local areas.