The 2010 Census - What's In It for Me?
Cold, hard cash baby! Did I get your attention? Good! That's exactly what filling out the 2010 Census form will do for Euless citizens. The Census counts will determine how over $300 - $400 billion per year of federal dollars are going to be spent over the next decade.
Euless Counts! You can help those dollars come to Euless by filling out the Census form and returning it by mail on April 1, 2010.
Every community gets a proportional amount of federal dollars based on how many people actually live in it. This includes renters, college students, nursing home residents, homeless people and even people in prison. There is literally no one that should not fill out the Census questionnaire.
More Euless residents responding to the Census means funded school lunch programs, healthcare, job training, daycare, public safety, senior programs and expressways. Large corporations use the population data for market research to determine locations for new businesses and potential jobs. For every completed census form returned, our community will gain funding that will directly impact our quality of life.
Beginning in mid-March 2010, more than 120 million questionnaires will be delivered to U.S. residential addresses. Federal law requires all persons receiving a census form to fill it out truthfully and return it by April 1, 2010. If you do not return your census form by April 1, 2010, census workers will contact you to assist in completing the survey. Strict laws protect the confidentiality of respondents and the information they provide. All responses are used for statistical purposes only.
Ten questions, ten minutes. Please spare the time for this vitally important questionnaire. With one of the shortest questionnaires in history, the 2010 Census will be well worth your time to fill out. If you would like to see a sample of the questionnaire, please visit www.eulesstx.gov/census. For more information about the 2010 Census go online to 2010.census.gov or call the Dallas Regional Census Center at 214-267-6900. Please join us for "Euless Be Counted Day" on Saturday, March 27 from 10 a.m. - noon at the Parks at Texas Star, 1501 S. Pipeline Rd. in Euless.
