Census Road Tour Stops in Triad
Tuesday, February 09 2010
by Yasmeen Khan
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The census "Portrait of America" road tour will be in the Triad today. The bus tour is trying to raise awareness about the census and why it's important. Census data are used to decide how much federal money states receive, and how many representatives states get in Congress. The census tour-bus will spend half the day at Elon University. It will then travel to Greensboro later this afternoon.
Craig Orsi is a public relations student at Elon who's working to coordinate events at the University. He says the campaign is trying to reach hard-to-count populations, such as college students.
"Most of us don't remember the last census because we weren't old enough to fill it out and it happened ten years ago. And generally, since we live on campus and off campus in apartments--and since most of us don't own our own houses--most of us don't think that we have to send in the census. When actually, anyone who's over 18 and doesn't live full time at home has to do it."
The 10-question census forms should arrive in people's mailboxes by mid-March.
