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TACL is committed to providing community support regarding the upcoming year 2010 Census Campaign. Here you will find information pertaining to the upcoming April 2010 Census. In addition, we would like to remind Taiwanese Americans to check off "Other Asian" in the Race and Ethnicity sections and write in "Taiwanese" because there is no check off category.
APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR TACL CENSUS 2010 CAMPAIGN AND SCHOLARSHIP CONTEST!
TACL encourages youth to educate and help mobilize the community for the Census 2010 campaign and receive a $500 grant.
Deadline: Monday, February 1, 2010 (High School) and Friday, February 12, 2010 (College)
The US is conducting their decennial Census in 2010 and we invite students and groups to explain, "Why is it important for Taiwanese Americans to be counted in the Census?"
The objectives of the TACL Census 2010 grant contest are to:
- Increase awareness about Census 2010 and get students to think about its importance to the Taiwanese American community and how it relates to their community and future.
- Promote community involvement and social service.
- Recognize students with leadership qualities as well as a commitment to civic and public service.
e-mail census2010contest@tacl.org for more info.
The college student group application is here.
The high school student essay application is here.
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What is Census 2010?
Every 10 years the United States government takes a count of how many people are living in this country, regardless of their citizenship status. In other words, everyone in the United States gets counted.
They do this by sending a survey, called the Census form, to every household. Every person living in the household is to be counted on the form. The last Census was taken in 2000, which means that the next Census will be coming up very soon, in 2010.
What is different about Census 2010?
In the past, all households received either the short-form questionnaire or the long-form questionnaire, with most households receiving the short-form and one in six receiving the long-form. The long-form questionnaire contained additional questions, such as income levels, language ability and place of birth, and asked for more detailed socioeconomic information. The 2010 Census will only utilize a short-form questionnaire and will count all residents living in the United States. Thus each household will receive a short-form for Census 2010.
What questions are asked on the Census 2010 form?
The Census 2010 should take just minutes to complete and will ask the following:
- Name
- Sex
- Age and date of birth
- Race (you may choose one or more races)
- Hispanic origin (considered an ethnicity, not a race)
- Relationship (How are the people in the household related to each other?)
- Housing tenure (Is the home owned or rented?)
Do I have to answer all the questions?
Yes. Federal law requires that everyone participates in the census – you cannot "opt out."
When will census forms be mailed?
Census forms will be mailed to every household beginning in the middle of March 2010. They are due in the mailbox by April 1, 2010.
What if English is not my first language?
Census forms are available in 5 foreign languages (other than English): Spanish, Korean, Vietnamese, Chinese (simplified), and Russian. During the first week of March postcards will be mailed to every household announcing that the Census forms will soon be arriving.
If you would prefer to complete a form written in Mandarin characters instead of English, contact the questionnaire assistance hotline that is on the postcard, or on the English questionnaire to request material in another language. Census forms are not available in traditional Chinese characters, but instructions can be requested that are Chinese (traditional). View instructions
What is Census information used for?
Census information is used for a multitude of purposes, including the following:
- Determining the number of seats each state will have in the House of Representatives,
- Allocation of federal funds for community programs and services,
- Deciding where to locate banks, offices, factories, theaters and shopping centers,
- Planning and allocating funds for building schools, libraries, transportation systems, roads and bridges, police departments and fire departments and,
- Developing social service and community action programs.