The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

In this report:

Table of Contents

1. Overview
2. The Importance of the Census
3. Census Accuracy: The Undercount (and Overcount)
4. Census 2010: Key Operations and Milestones; How You Can Get Involved
   1. Overview of the census plan
   2. What you need to know
   3. How you can help
5. Additional Information
   1. Frequently asked questions
   2. Facts and figures
   3. Census history

Jobs for Census 2010

The Census Bureau will hire more than 1.3 million people to complete Census 2010. Most employees, called address listers or enumerators, will update the Census Bureau’s address lists and maps, interview households that have not responded to the census, and perform other temporary assignments vital to the national count. The Census Bureau is also hiring managers and supervisors for local census offices, as well as recruiters, interviewers, trainers, and local office administrative staff.

Address canvassing has already begun and will continue through the summer of 2009. Local and regional offices will begin another wave of recruitment in the fall for the nonresponse followup operation. These door to door visits occur from late April through June 2010, after all households have a chance to return their questionnaires by mail. Enumerators will visit an estimated 47 million households multiple times, if necessary. For this recruitment cycle, the Bureau needs 3.1 million applicants. The Bureau tries to hire enumerators who live in the communities in which they will work, and if relevant, are multi-lingual. Positions are temporary for varying periods of time. No benefits are offered, but the employees will be eligible for unemployment benefits once they complete their work successfully. Generally, temporary employees must be U.S. citizens, but exceptions will be made for work-authorized legal residents if qualified citizens with necessary language skills are not available.

Most of these temporary jobs can be found through the local census offices and by calling the jobs toll-free number at 1-866-861-2010. The local census offices will also have more information about other types of jobs available, such as supervisors, crew leaders, and some administrative or data entry positions. Visit U.S. Census Bureau Jobs for more information.

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