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What does the census mean to Michigan?

The 2010 Census will help Michigan communities receive its share of more than $400 billion in federal funds each year for things like:

• Hospitals

• Job training centers

• Schools

• Senior centers

• Bridges, tunnels and other public works projects

• Emergency services
  

• Data collected by the census also determines the number of seats Michigan has in the U.S. House of Representatives

What does the census mean to your community?

Constitutional revenue sharing—the portion the legislature cannot touch—is based on population.

• Data collected by the census also determines the senate and house districts for the Michigan legislature.

How does it work?

• Census is 10 questions long and will take approximately 10 minutes to complete

• Your answers to the census are strictly confidential

• Your response influences the future of Michigan

Important census timelines

• Fall 2009 - Complete Count Committee/Recruitment for census takers

• March 2010 - Census forms are mailed or delivered to households

• April 1, 2010 - National Census Day

• April-July 2010 - Census takers visit non-response households

• December 2010 - Census Bureau delivers population information to President O’Bama

More information

• State of Michigan site 

• Census Statistical Data site

• U.S.Census Bureau site

• 2010 Census Jobs site

• Nonprofits Count