Maybe all the news reports and ads will convince people, especially immigrants, that they should send the census forms back. And they will not get into any kind of trouble by doing it. Their schools, roads, police and fire departments get money for every person in the state. But they have to be counted.
These forms are being sent to the neighborhoods with low return rates. The second mailing is cheaper than sending workers personally to each address next month.
Currently, the national mail participation rate is 60 percent, with some of the lowest rates in Alaska, California, Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma. The latest national and local participation rates can be viewed at
http://2010.census.gov/2010census/take10map.
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