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Hillsborough County's 2010 Mail Participation Rate Surpasses Previous Census Count
As recently announced by the U.S. Census Bureau, Hillsborough County's 2010 Census mail participation rate is 72 percent, surpassing its 2000 final response rate of 70 percent!
This final response rate was released during the fall of 2000 and included the mail participation rate plus participation achieved from door-to-door follow-up.
Therefore, Hillsborough County still has time to work toward 100 percent participation for the 2010 Census. Nonresponse Follow-up activities begin May 1 and residents are encouraged to open their doors to Census workers as they visit households that did not mail back their census forms.
 Nonresponse Follow-up is Safe
Census takers who go door-to-door as part of Nonresponse Follow-up activities will have census identification badges that contain a Department of Commerce watermark. Census takers may also be carrying a bag with a Census Bureau logo. If asked, they will provide residents with supervisor contact information and/or the Local Census Office phone number for verification. Census workers will never ask for Social Security numbers, credit card numbers or bank account information. If census workers are unable to reach a household member in-person, they will also attempt contact by phone to conduct the interview with a household member. Census workers will never attempt to contact individuals by e-mail.
All responses provided on the 2010 Census questionnaire or to a Census Bureau employee are confidential.
A census taker will visit your home up to six times, each time leaving a door hanger. The door hanger has a phone number on it that you can call to schedule a visit and be counted.
Additional 2010 Census participation rate data is scheduled to be released during the fall of 2010, after Nonresponse Follow-up activities have ended.
Hillsborough County's 72 percent 2010 mail participation rate matches 2010 national and state mail participation rates. In addition, Hillsborough County's rate surpasses other Florida counties of similar size.
In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau is on a mission to accurately count every resident in the United States, starting in April. All U.S. residents are to be counted -- people of all ages, races, ethnic groups, citizens and non-citizens. Census questionnaires were mailed in March and residents should have mailed them back by April 16, 2010.
It is vitally important that every resident fill out the questionnaire or request additional assistance to complete the form if needed. The census data guarantee Hillsborough County receives its fair share of funds from the U.S. government based on the census count of the population.
For more information
If you have questions about the Census, call the Telephone Questionnaire Assistance center, toll free:
English: 1-866-872-6868
Chinese: 1-866-935-2010
Korean: 1-866-955-2010
Russian: 1-866-965-2010
Spanish: 1-866-928-2010
Vietnamese: 1-866-945-2010
TDD (Telephone Display Device for the hearing impaired): 1-866-783-2010
The lines will be open 8 a.m. - 9 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time), seven days a week, February 25 - July 30, 2010.
Congratulations to the winners of the 2010 Census Essay Contest
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