Census forms arriving

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By KLEW Web Staff

Summary

Census officials encourage public to fill out and mail in forms so a census taker doesn't have to pay them a visit.

Story Published: Mar 17, 2010 at 11:46 AM PST

Story Updated: Mar 17, 2010 at 11:46 AM PST

LEWISTON - U.S. Census forms are arriving in Idaho mailboxes this week.

The forms are mailed to households once every decade, and are mandated by the U.S. Constitution. The U.S. Census Bureau says they are critical to a variety of state and federal government functions and services.

The 2010 survey is composed of 10 questions and includes a stamped envelope to make it easy, and cheap, to send back to the Census Bureau.

Census data helps determine boundaries for state and local legislative and congressional districts. The information is also vital to helping decide how to distribute more than $400 billion in federal funds each year to pay for school lunch programs, vocational training, road construction and emergency services.

Census officials say it costs $57 to send a census taker door-to-door to check in on households that fail to respond to the mailed survey.

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