Marketing
Orange County Neighborhood Services is tasked with marketing Census 2010 in Orange County, in an effort to promote local participation.

Every 10 years, as mandated by the U.S. Constitution, our nation conducts a census — an effort to count every person living in the United States.  This multibillion-dollar operation requires years of planning and more than a half million temporary workers.  The key to this endeavor is having every household fill out and mail back a completed census form.  Participation is critical, as the results determine how Congress is apportioned and how more than $300 billion in federal funds are distributed annually to state, local and tribal areas.

Census Workers in Your Neighborhood
As a good neighbor you should always be on the look out for strangers in the neighborhood!  But don’t be alarmed if you have seen some folks walking door-to-door with a handheld computer checking addresses in your neighborhood…it might just be a census worker verifying your neighborhood addresses.  If you do see these folks, say hi and ask what they’re up to…

The Census Bureau launched their massive address canvassing operation on March 30, 2009, to verify and update Orange County addresses; this phase of the census process should conclude by mid July 2009.  Census workers can be identified by the official Census Bureau badge they carry.  During the address canvassing operation, census workers may ask to verify a housing structure’s address and whether there are additional living quarters on the property.  The workers will never ask for bank or social security information.  All census information collected, including addresses, are confidential and protected by law.  Should you see any impostors please notify the police.

• US Census Information