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The more than 600,000 Census enumerators are now knocking on doors of those residents that did not mail in their Census forms.  Most of the people they encounter will be people who just forgot or were too busy to fill the Census forms out.  There will still be challenges in minority communities where the local community may not be English proficient.  In preparation for this hurdle, many of the local communities and complete count committees have worked hard to inform the minority communities of Census enumerators.

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In 2000, Georgia returned 69% responses via mail.  In 2010, Georgia mail back response rate was 71%.  This is a bigger accomplishment than it may appear especially in times of decreasing responses to mail surveys, an increased population, including increased minority population, and a growing distrust of the government.  North Georgia counties had a higher overall response rate than counties in South Georgia.   The counties including metro-Atlanta are as appears below.

Cobb County:  72%

DeKalb County:  68%

Fulton County:  67%

Gwinnett County:  70%

For the full interactive map, please visit the 2010 Census Take 10 Map Website.

The final mail back response rates are in.   Nationally 72% of the U.S. residents mailed back their 2010 Census forms.  Georgia was one of the 28 states that exceeded their 2000 mail in rates.  The U.S. Census Bureau is proud of the results because of the decrease in survey responses in the last decade.

Now 635,000 census takers will travel all across the country to go door to door to obtain census responses from all remaining households. The temporary census workers are in training this week and will begin obtaining census responses this weekend. The Census Bureau is urging households to open their doors to their local census taker and will provide more information on this operation at a news briefing May 3.

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Now that all Qualified Assistance Centers and Be Counted Sites are closed, Census enumerators will start visiting homes that did not mail in their forms.

All census workers that come to your door will have a badge, a handheld device or computer to enter data, an official Census Bureau canvas bag, and a confidentiality notice.

Other things to look for:

• The Census Bureau does NOT conduct the 2010 Census via the Internet
• The Census Bureau does not send emails about participating in the 2010 Census
• The Census Bureau never:
  • Asks for your full social security number
  • Asks for money or a donation
  • Sends requests on behalf of a political party
  • Requests PIN codes, passwords or similar access information for credit cards, banks or other financial account

The census taker’s primary responsibility is to collect census information from residences. Most of these residences have not sent back their 2010 Census form.

• The Census Bureau provides the census taker with a binder containing all of the addresses that didn’t send back a filled out census form.
• The census taker then visits all of those addresses and records the answers to the questions on the form.
• If no one answers at a particular residence, a census taker will visit a home up to three times and attempt to reach the household by phone three times. The census worker will leave a double-sided (English and Spanish) NOTICE of VISIT in the doorway that includes a phone number for the resident to schedule an appointment.

The census taker will ONLY ask the questions that appear on the census form.

Please select HERE to see more a more complete list of what to look for and what to do if you receive questionable contact.

Phone scammers often start by being ultra-friendly and “official sounding” at the same time. They may say they’re calling to “verify” information the resident provided or to obtain more details. In fact, census workers rarely come back for more details.

If someone claims to be doing that, ask for their name, identity and request a government phone number to check the call’s legitimacy. (The real U.S. Census Bureau call center numbers are 301-763-4636 or 800-923-8282.)

Remember that the U.S. Census Bureau does not email you or as you any questions beyond what is on the form.

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