U.S. Census Bureau workers have begun going door-to-door in the Chicago area to count people who didn’t respond to earlier communication attempts
The work is part of the census bureau’s constitutionally mandated, once-a-decade mission to count everyone living in the country.
Census workers hit the streets here and in parts of some other states and Puerto Rico starting last month, according to the bureau. Attempts will begin in the rest of the country next week.
Field data collection is scheduled to conclude by Sept. 30.
The data will be used to draw county, state and federal legislative districts, among other purposes. It’s based on people living in households as of April 1.
All census takers will have government ID badges with their photographs, U.S. Department of Commerce watermarks, and expiration dates. Census workers may also carry census bureau bags and other equipment with the bureau’s logo.
To confirm a census taker’s identity, you can call the regional census center in Chicago at (312) 579-1500.
Read more here.
Editorial note: Do yourself a favor and fill out the form. It takes less than ten minutes to complete and it’s one less person knocking on your door.
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