Tuesday, July 18, 2000
Census Bureau countin' the days
Deadline today to make list
By Michael D. Clark
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Tristate residents who want to be included in the nation's most comprehensive census have until the end of the business day today to call the U.S. Census Bureau.
After that, census officials will continue to contact more than 12 million households nationally whose questionnaires were incomplete or contained discrepancies.
Early national concerns about recruiting staff faded as relatively high pay — up to $14 an hour in some cities — attracted enough workers for door-to-door surveys.
A unique situation
But the problem persisted in the Queen City.
“Cincinnati had a unique situation compared to the rest of the region,” said Cynthia King, census team leader for Ohio. “It was difficult to find people who were qualified and willing to work full time.”
The census helps determine how state and federal funds are allotted to communities for schools, social services, job training and other services.
U.S. Census Bureau Director Kenneth Prewitt recently announced that two-thirds of the nation's households had returned census forms by the initial deadline in April.
Taking the job seriously
Mr. Prewitt praised census workers in the Tristate and throughout the nation, whose job it was to count the more than 42 million households that did not receive or complete either the short or long census forms.
“They have taken their jobs seriously and worked tirelessly to help their communities have the best count possible, often in difficult and sometimes dangerous circumstances,” Mr. Prewitt said.
President Clinton will receive the census data by Dec. 31, and the extensive demographic snapshot of America's population will be released to the public next spring.
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