By now you will have received your first mailing from the U.S. Census.
Next week you'll get the official mailing from the Census with your survey questionnaire. Please take the time to answer ten simple questions about your household members on April 1, and mail it back right away!
The Census is safe and easy. A complete count is *really* important so that the City of Takoma Park can get its fair share of representation in Congress and the Maryland General Assembly. It is also critical for the City getting its fair allocation of federal and state funding for all kinds of services. The count affects the distribution of billions of dollars to be allocated over the next 10 years!
This funding goes for schools, transportation, social services, you name it, so it is important to get a complete count. We've posted some info to the City website.
Montgomery County has posted a terrific amount of information about the Census here One of the most interesting things to me is the map of "under-counted" census tracts. The County has a PDF map of the hard to count areas here and a list of profiles of these under-reported tracts here. If you visit these pages, you'll see that Takoma Park has quite a few areas which are under-counted, in all areas of the City. This translates directly into fewer dollars for the City, so it is in everyone's best interest to help get a complete count!
The Census itself has a lot of information online as well.
Also -- please be aware that there are scammers out there misrepresenting themselves as Census officials. Please visit the Takoma Park Police Department's blog for more information!
Also, save the date! March 27th: Hop on the Montgomery Census Be Counted Express which will have a stop in the Takoma-Langley Crossroads. Here is a flyer in English and Spanish.
