HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-076 RESOLUTION NO. 10-076
A RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING APRIL 1, 2010 AS
"CENSUS DAY" IN ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie County, Florida, has made
the following determinations:
1. The U.S. Constitution requires a national census once every ten years. The
census will show state population counts and determine representation in the U.S. House
of Representatives.
2. Everyyear, the Federal Government allocates morethan $400 billion to states
and communities based, in part, on census data.
3. Census data guides planning for new hospitals, roads, job training centers,
schools and more. It is also used to determine the need for additional social services, block
grants and other programs essential to many communities. Census data illustrates a diverse
range of local initiatives from justifyingthe need for anafter-school program to designating
urban revitalization areas.
4. The census is a count of everyone residing in the United States. All U.S.
residents must be counted -people of all races and ethnic groups, both citizens and non-
citizens,and those who speak English and those who do not.
5. Census Day is April 1, 2010 and questionnaire responses should represent the
household as it exists on this day. More detailed socioeconomic information will be
collected annually from a small percentage of the population through the American
Community Survey, which asks much more detailed information.
6. With only ten questions, the 2010 Census questionnaire is one of the shortest
questionnaires in history and takes just ten minutes to complete.
7. Census questionnaires will be delivered or mailed to households via U.S. mail
in March 2010; many households will receive a replacement questionnaire in early April,
if they did not return the first. Census workers will also visit households that do not return
questionnaires in an effort to achieve an accurate count.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of St.
Lucie County, Florida:
1. This Board does hereby designate April 1, 2010 as "Census Day" in St. Lucie
County, Florida.
2. This Board urges the citizens of St. Lucie County to participate by filling out
the questionnaire and returning it to the Census Bureau so that every resident of our
County is counted in 2010.
PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED this 23~d day of March 2010.
ATTEST: BOARD OF CO TY COMMISSIONERS
ST. LUCIE CO~J TY, F;LORIDA
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