2010 Census Participation Rates - How is your community doing?

[cynatnite]

Check how your community stacks up to the rest of the country. My community is WAY below the national average. No surprise.

http://2010.census.gov/2010census/take10map/

[FarCenter]

1. How do all these people know for sure they will be alive 4/1/2010?

The questionaire asks "How many people were living or staying in this house, apartment or mobile home on April 1, 2010?"

[cynatnite]

2. I took a 50/50 shot that everyone in my household will be alive...

filled out the form and mailed it off already.

[PBS Poll-435]

9. Living OR Staying

I plan on haunting (Staying in) my house far after I am gone.


:yoiks:

[frazzled]

3. Illinois 21% (above average)

We have a ways to get up to the 73% rate from 2000, but I assume we'll get there.

On edit: Cook County is only doing 15% right now. C'mon Chicagoans, the mail isn't THAT bad here.

[elleng]

7. No one very high now; too early.

[meeshrox]

4. Yay, Florida...3%.

Even my mother is sending her's in...and she received the repuke's "census" asking if she's comfortable with a guvmint takeover of heathcare...

Gotta love America's wang!

[csziggy]

5. We just got our Census form yesterday

If the rest of our community only just got theirs, participation will be low so far. Yep - the Census map shows 0% participation for my county.

[virgogal]

6. If 100% mail it back the temporary census workers will have no jobs.

[likesmountains 52]

8. wow, my zip is 23%.

[tabbycat31]

10. I didnt even get a form yet

yet got the letter saying I was going to get one

[Kaylee]

11. Maryland is 25% and above average.

Go Maryland.

[frylock]

12. 18%

[blogslut]

13. Thanks for the link

My town is a bit below the highest participation rate but running average compared to what it was in 2000.

[SargeUNN]

14. Is anyone against filling out the Census?

I have a regular listener who is very set on not doing it, and no matter what facts he gets, he refuses for "personal reasons". I have done all I can to convince him and even gone to the Census Bureau to try and schedule someone to talk about it. I just wonder how many other progressives are going to be like this guy who on every other issue is very progressive.

[OregonBlue]

15. I haven't even received one yet.

[LWolf]

16. My state is 13%, my county is 9%.

I haven't opened my letter yet, myself. I'll get to it this week while I'm on break.

Edited to add: my mom, age 71, is working for the Census, knocking on doors and leaving information for rural neighborhoods whose mailboxes are a long way from their residences. She got bit by a dog yesterday when she approached a house to leave the letter.

[gvstn]

17. Interesting

I live in Delaware. We only have three counties that get more conservative as you go south.

New Castle County most liberal = 12%
Kent in the middle = 14%
Sussex is mostly republican = 17%

Sussex is where that Tea Bagger tape of them yelling at Rep. Castle(R) at a Town Hall was taken several months ago.
I guess our conservatives don't want to lose any dollars.

[lovelyrita]

18. 1% in Polk County Florida.

[Scurrilous]

19. My Zip is 3%.

:P

[rucky]

20. Anybody know a county in Michelle Bachmann's district?

I was surprised to see my county (Boeher's district)@ 28%. I want to compare.

[4lbs]

22. Bachmann's MN office is Zip Code 55125

So far, her district is at 21%, above the national average of 16%

:D

[4lbs]

21. So far, about 16% of the people in my Zip Code have done it. That's the national and state averages

in current responses.

That puts us on track to duplicate the 72% from 2000 when all forms are delivered.