Regional concerns regarding Census count

By Gus Thomson, Auburn Journal

With 2010 census packages due to be delivered to every household in the nation starting mid-month, concern is mounting that Placer and surrounding counties may lose out in the count.

A projected $38 billion in federal funding is tied to census totals in the six-county area surrounding Auburn over the next decade.

But if the count is lower than the actual total number of residents, Auburn and the surrounding Sacramento region could end up with less than its share.

Auburn City Councilman Kevin Hanley is working with the Sacramento Area Council of Governments to get the word out to residents about the importance of filling out the census form. Census Day is April 1.

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One Response to “Regional concerns regarding Census count”

1. Dogwoman says:

   March 6, 2010 at 9:33 am

   Saw a group of census takers in training walking my neighborhood the other day. It’ll definitely be tricky up here. Apparently the census doesn’t get mailed to post office boxes so those of us without mailboxes at home will get visits. But at least half the houses in my neighborhood are vacant or vacation rentals. How do they determine which houses are actual residences and which are “hotels”? It’s definitely going to be tricky and time consuming.