In this report:
- Overview
- The Importance of the Census
- Census Accuracy: The Undercount (and Overcount)
- Census 2010: Key Operations and Milestones; How You Can Get Involved
- Additional Information
Service-Based Enumeration and Transitory Location Enumeration
Service-based enumeration will occur in pre-identified places for people without a usual place of residence, such as soup kitchens, homeless shelters, shelters for abused women, regularly scheduled mobile food vans, and targeted non-sheltered outdoor locations. The Census Bureau will conduct this enumeration during the evening over a three-day period: March 26, 2010 for homeless shelters; March 27, 2010 for soup kitchens and regularly scheduled mobile food vans; and March 28, 2010 for targeted non-sheltered outdoor locations.
Transitory location enumeration is designed for people whose “usual home” at the time of the census is mobile. Locations for this special count include RV parks, campgrounds, hotels, motels, marinas, racetracks, circuses, and carnivals. This enumeration is especially important for people displaced by the hurricanes and the home foreclosure crisis. Transitory locations are identified by address canvassing and local knowledge and will take place between March 22 and April 16, 2010.
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