Our Census Slide Show

By: Lauren Gerkovich

&

Kayla Maskornick

Here are some questions that are on the Census

• What’s your first and last name?

• What’s your Gender?

• What’s your race?

• What’s your date of birth?

• Is this a house, apartment, or mobile home?

• How many people are in your family?

• What is your telephone number?

Who can be counted

People who should be counted

• Babies, foster kids, or roommates

• People who are living with you that have no other place to stay

• People living in your home most of the time, even when they have another place to stay

People who shouldn’t be counted

• College students that are away from home while attending college

• People in the military living somewhere else

• People who live or stay at another place most of the time

Why its important to be apart of the census

• The census is important to be apart of because they need to know how many people there are in the United States

• How many schools and teachers we need in that area for the students

• They need to know how many buildings they need to build in a area so people can get jobs

Other Information

• The census is taken once every 10 years

• Your information is kept private, and if census takers share it they are fined and sent to jail

• The information is kept for 72 years

• Census Bureau uses many security measures to protect this information

• Census workers are sworn to secrecy