WASHINGTON, March 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Census Bureau's New
York Regional Office has announced the selection of midtown Manhattan as the
site for its regional census center to support the 2010 Census.
The center will employ nearly 200 people during its peak operations in 2010.
The 23,000-square-foot site will serve as the management location for the
region's 2010 Census operations. The address is 330 West 34 Street, New York,
NY 10001.
The census centers will be in the same metropolitan areas as the Census
Bureau's 12 regional offices and each will oversee field operations within
their region.
"Serving as the region's operational hub for all 2010 Census activities, the
regional census center will provide field management, recruiting,
administrative, community outreach and automation support to local census
offices and an eventual temporary staff of thousands in our two-state region,"
said Lester Farthing, regional director.
The New York region includes the five boroughs of New York City, and Nassau,
Suffolk, Rockland and Westchester counties, as well as the 10 northern
counties of New Jersey. The New York region contains 11 of the 100 most
populated counties in the nation.
The 2010 Census will have one of the shortest census questionnaires in
history, dating back to the nation's first census in 1790. Census Day is April
1, 2010. The Census Bureau will mail or deliver more than 130 million
questionnaires to households in the United States. All personal information
will be kept confidential.
Article 1, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution mandates an actual enumeration
of the U.S. population for the purpose of the apportionment of congressional
seats. In addition, state and local government agencies, tribal governments,
businesses, academia, nonprofit organizations and members of the general
public rely on census data to make informed decisions.
Editor's note: News releases, reports and data tables are available on the
Census Bureau's home page. Go to http://www.census.gov and click on
"Releases."
As with all 2010 Census information, the address information collected by the
Census Bureau is confidential by law (Title 13, U.S. Code, Section 9). All
Census Bureau employees, including the census workers who collect the address
information and GPS coordinates, have taken an oath to protect confidentiality
and are subject to a jail term, a fine -- or both -- for disclosing any
information that could identify a respondent or household.
Lester Farthing
New York Regional Office
212-584-3440
Megan Kindelan
Public Information Office
301-763-3691
SOURCE U.S. Census Bureau
Lester Farthing of U.S. Census Bureau New York Regional Office,
+1-212-584-3440, or Megan Kindelan of U.S. Census Bureau Public Information
Office, +1-301-763-3691
