Non-Traditional Residences
Group Residences (Dorms, Military Barracks, Nursing Homes, or Prisons)
Group quarters enumeration occurs for those who live in a group setting, such as college dormitories, military barracks, prisons and jails, most nursing homes, juvenile institutions, and other similar facilities. Residents of group quarters are counted with assistance from facility administrators, using a modified census questionnaire. The Census Bureau will validate the location of group quarters in October 2009. Census workers will visit group quarters in advance in February through March 2010, and actual enumeration will take place April through May 2010.
Transitory Residences (Hotels, Campgrounds, RV Parks)
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.
People Without a Fixed Residence (Homeless)
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.
