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2010 Ohio Census Explained
State of Ohio's Role
The State of Ohio is partnering with the U.S. Census Bureau to organize and implement the decennial census advocacy and promotional campaign. Working together, Ohio's goal will be to have a complete count of Ohio residents on April 1, 2010. The Department of Development has been designated as Governor Strickland's Census Liaison agency to the Census Bureau.
In an effort to support the Census Bureau, the Governor established by Executive Order an Ohio Complete Count Committee, chaired by Treasurer of State Kevin L. Boyce. The purpose of the Committee is to facilitate census education and participation.
To read more about the Ohio Complete Count Committee click here.
American Community Survey (ACS)
The American Community Survey, sometimes referred to as the ACS, is a nationwide survey that collects essentially the same information on people and housing that was collected on the long-form questionnaire used in Census 2000. The American Community Survey is a continuous survey, in which each month a sample of housing unit addresses receives a questionnaire. About three million addresses are surveyed each year.
Census Activities
In order to distribute a questionnaire to all people in the United States, everyone's address must be first identified or verified and local government boundaries need to be reviewed and updated. These tasks make up the pre-census activities.
Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA) is designed to make sure that all residential housing units are identified and receive a mail-out census questionnaire.
The goal of the Boundary and Annexation (BAS) is an update and certification survey to make sure all political jurisdiction boundaries are current as of January, 2010.
The Detroit Regional Census Center's Geography Division coordinates these activities for all areas within Ohio with support from Office of Policy Research and Strategic Planning in the Ohio Department of Development.
On April 1, 2010, Census Day, the U.S. Census Bureau needs to make sure that all the questionnaires mailed to households now get sent back or collected by an enumerator.
Once Census Day has passed, one of the most important post-census activities is to send out enumerators to go door-to-door and write out questionnaires for households that did not respond.
State of Ohio's Role
The State of Ohio is partnering with the U.S. Census Bureau to organize and implement the decennial census advocacy and promotional campaign. Working together, Ohio's goal will be to have a complete count of Ohio residents on April 1, 2010. The Department of Development has been designated as Governor Strickland's Census Liaison agency to the Census Bureau.
In an effort to support the Census Bureau, the Governor established by Executive Order an Ohio Complete Count Committee, chaired by Treasurer of State Kevin L. Boyce. The purpose of the Committee is to facilitate census education and participation.
To read more about the Ohio Complete Count Committee click here.
American Community Survey (ACS)
The American Community Survey, sometimes referred to as the ACS, is a nationwide survey that collects essentially the same information on people and housing that was collected on the long-form questionnaire used in Census 2000. The American Community Survey is a continuous survey, in which each month a sample of housing unit addresses receives a questionnaire. About three million addresses are surveyed each year.
Census Activities
In order to distribute a questionnaire to all people in the United States, everyone's address must be first identified or verified and local government boundaries need to be reviewed and updated. These tasks make up the pre-census activities.
Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA) is designed to make sure that all residential housing units are identified and receive a mail-out census questionnaire.
The goal of the Boundary and Annexation (BAS) is an update and certification survey to make sure all political jurisdiction boundaries are current as of January, 2010.
The Detroit Regional Census Center's Geography Division coordinates these activities for all areas within Ohio with support from Office of Policy Research and Strategic Planning in the Ohio Department of Development.
On April 1, 2010, Census Day, the U.S. Census Bureau needs to make sure that all the questionnaires mailed to households now get sent back or collected by an enumerator.
Once Census Day has passed, one of the most important post-census activities is to send out enumerators to go door-to-door and write out questionnaires for households that did not respond.