Telephone Questionnaire Assistance is operational; toll-free lines offer assistance in over 50 languages in answering questions
March 8-10, 2010
Letters are mailed alerting residents that census forms will be arriving soon
March 16-17, 2010
Census forms are delivered to most homes by the Postal Service
March 19-April 19, 2010
“Be Counted" census questionnaires, available in 6 languages, are available in pre-selected, public places, such as post offices, libraries, convenience stores, and community centers to make participation in the census as easy as possible.
March 22 - 24, 2010
Postcards are sent to all households reminding them to return the census form by April 1, 2010, Census Day.
March 29 - 31, 2010
Service-based enumeration is conducted for pre-identified sites where people without a usual place of residence live, sleep, or eat, such as soup kitchens, homeless shelters, outdoor locations, shelters for abused women, etc.
March 2010
For some rural or remote areas, parts of the Gulf Coast areas hit by the hurricanes, and tribal reservations, the Census Bureau sends enumerators to verify addresses and drop-off questionnaires or collect information on the spot.
April 1, 2010
Census Day
April 1 - 10, 2010
Census Bureau mails replacement forms to every home from which a completed census form has not yet been received.
April – May 2010
Group quarters enumeration takes place
NON-RESPONSE FOLLOW-UP (NRFU)
May – July 2010
Census workers visit all addresses that did not mail back a census questionnaire and collect information at the door. During peak operations, 600,000 census takers will go door to door to follow up with households that have not responded to the mailing.
Late April – August 2010
Coverage follow-up - Telephone call centers contact households with more than six occupants and those whose forms indicate that someone may have been included or excluded erroneously to collect missing information, clarify information, and ensure that hard-to-count households are accurately counted.
WRAP-UP OF 2010 CENSUS
August – October 2010
Census Coverage Measurement survey will estimate how many people were missed or counted twice during the direct counting operations. Estimates of accuracy will be published in 2012.
December 2010
Census Bureau reports state population totals to the President for apportionment purposes.
March 2011
Census Bureau completes delivery of redistricting data to states.
San José City Hall
200 East Santa Clara Street San Jose, CA 95113
Main: (408) 535-3500 Fax: (408) 292-6731 TTY: (408) 294-9337
e-mail: customerservice@sanjoseca.gov
Walk-In Hours: Monday - Friday: 8:00AM - 5:00PM
The City of San Jose is committed to open and honest government and strives to consistently meet the community’s expectations by providing excellent service, in a positive and timely manner, and in the full view of the public.
