MILFORD’S COUNTING ON YOU! - CENSUS 2010
Every 10 years, the Census Bureau conducts a complete accounting of every resident in the United States, no matter where they live or what language they speak. That’s why the Census Bureau makes a special effort to include everybody.
In Milford, it’s important to have everyone fill out an official questionnaire that will be mailed in mid March 2010. To help the Census Bureau Milford has formed a Complete Count Committee.
Answering the Census is important, easy and safe. Participating in the census is in everyone’s best interest. People who answer the census help their communities obtain federal funding and valuable information for planning schools, hospitals and roads. Census information helps decision-makers understand which neighborhoods need new schools and which ones need greater services for the elderly. The best way to make sure everybody is represented in the census is to complete the census questionnaire and encourage others to do so.
For Milford
…It might mean more money for a program that would help you or a friend…like food stamps, housing, education, mass transit, or the arts.
…It might mean continuing a program that would otherwise be cut. Community Development Block funding is based on population. If Milford doesn’t have over 50,000 people we could lose money for housing rehabilitation for needy people, a roof for the homeless shelter, or a playground for Good Shepherd daycare.
…It might mean Milford would keep the same representation in the State Legislature.
…It might mean that planners would have the correct information to make the right decisions. A road, a sewer, or water line might go where it was needed and not in the wrong place.
…It might mean that your neighborhood got some help.
…Many departments and local organizations use Census data in their grant applications.
No one should worry about filling out the questionnaire. The census is strictly confidential. The law does not allow anyone to obtain information showing your answers on the census questionnaire. Welfare agencies, the Immigration and Naturalization service, the Internal Revenue Service, courts, police, or the military—no one may review your responses.
The census bureau combines your answers with all other answers to create statistical totals for a variety of geographic areas and subjects. These combined totals are then put to work to benefit all Americans.
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