census/2010census

1. 2010 Census SayTürk Campaign Seminar Kendini Saydır “Türküm” De FLORIDA TURKISH AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Wednesday, March, 17 at 8PM FLORIDA TURKISH CENTER 3020 32 Avenue, Suite 123 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 www.census.gov/2010census Victor Swaroop Partnership Specialist South Florida - Florida Asian Community Team

2. What is the Census? 掌握在我們手中  The census is a count of everyone living in the United States every 10 years The census is mandated by the U.S. Constitution  The next census is in 2010  Your participation in the census is required by law

3. The Big Picture! 掌握在我們手中 •  April 1, 2010 •  12 Regions • ► Atlanta: Alabama, Georgia, & Florida •  57 Local Census Office for Atlanta Region ►32 in FL •  Partnership Specialists in Florida ► 50 + ►4 Asian Partnership Specialists • ► 3 Asian Partnership Assistants

4. U.S.: 67% Florida: 15,982,378 59 56 60 56 Union57 66 66 59 45 64 58 48 62 61 65 58 41 59 58 37 55 58 65 42 47 62 Clay 70 55 54 40 55 70 44 55 48 62 67 67 Sumter 62 70 60 71 65 66 70 61 St. Lucie 63 57 65 64 64 50 Okeechobee54 59 66 58 42 66 67 48 64 59 51 63 54 65 51

5. The Big Picture! 掌握在我們手中  2000 Census Mail Response Rates ► US : 67% 117,575 ► FL : 63% 9,615 ► FL County: Highly populated below counties Response RateTurkish  Broward: 63% 2,083 Miami-Dade: 65% 1,837  Palm Beach: 64% 1,365  Hillsborough: 64% 601  Pinellas: 65% 570

6. Florida: 15,982,378 Turkish: 9,615 2000 Final Census Response Rate Turkish U. S. 67% 117,575 Florida 63% 9,615 Broward 63% 2,083 Miami-Dade 65% 1,837 Palm Beach 64% 1,365 Hillsborough 64% 601 Pinellas 65% 570 570 64% 65% Hillsborough 601 1,365 64% 2,083 63% 1,837 65%

7. Goals of Partnership  Increase mail response  Reduce the differential under-count  Promote 2010 Census •  It’s Important | Onemlidir •  It’s Safe | Guvenlidir •  It’s Easy | Kolaydir

8. It’s Important | Onemlidir  The census is a count of everyone living in the United States every 10 years. •  Distribute Congressional seats to states •  Distribute $400 billion in federal funds to local, state and tribal governments each year •  Make decisions about what community services to provide: •  hospital, education – new schools, transportation, senior welfare, children service and many other public services.

9. It’s Safe | Guvenlidir  Federal law protects the personal information you share during the census. • Title of 13 of the U.S. Code safeguards an individual’s privacy • Individual records from the decennial census are confidential for 72 years, by law (Title 44, U.S. Code) •  All employees must swear-in to protect •  Disclosing confidential census information is a felony. • ▸5 years imprisonment &/or a fine up to $250,000

10. It’s Easy | Kolaydir  Since 1790, Shortest questionnaire in Census History.  Only use the short form • 10 questions 10 minutes | 10 dakikada 10 soru • Some questions: Name, Gender, Hispanic Origin, Age, Race, Family Relationship, Own/Rent • Questionnaire in 6 language • 59 assistance language guides

11. English 5. Name No questions about immigration status or income, etc. 6. Gender • Age, DoB • Hispanic Origin • How many • people? 9. Race • Who else? • House status x • Live / stay • somewhere TURK • Phone #

12. Language Assistance Guide: Turkish No questions about immigration status or income, etc. 5. Name 6. Gender • Age, DoB • Hispanic Origin • How many • people? 9. Race • Who else? • House status x TURK • Live / stay • somewhere • Phone #

13. LANGUAGE PROGRAM Census Form (6) ◆ English .◆ Spanish ◆ ◆ Chinese-Simplified ◆ ◆ Korean ◆ Vietnamese ◆ Russian Promotional materials, Paid Media, (TV, Radio, Print, OOH and/or Web (28) ◆ Arabic ◆ Armenian ◆ Bengali ◆ ◆ Chinese-Mandarin ◆ Chinese-Cantonese ◆ ◆ English ◆ Farsi ◆ French ◆ Tagalog ◆ German ◆ ◆ Greek ◆ Haitian Creole ◆ Hindi ◆ Hmong ◆ Italian ◆ ◆ Japanese ◆ Khmer ◆ Korean ◆ Laotian ◆ Polish ◆ Portuguese ◆ Russian ◆ Spanish ◆ Thai ◆ Ukrainian ◆ Urdu ◆ Vietnamese ◆ Yiddish ◆ Questionnaire Assistance Guide (59) ◆ Albanian ◆ Amharic ◆ Arabic ◆ Armenian ◆ Bengali ◆ Bulgarian ◆ Burmese ◆ ◆Cebuano ◆ Chamorro ◆Chinese--Simplified ◆ Chinese--Traditional ◆ Chuukese ◆ ◆Croatian ◆ Czech ◆Dari ◆ Dinka ◆ Dutch ◆ Farsi ◆ French ◆ German ◆ Greek ◆ ◆ Gujarati ◆Haitian Creole ◆ Hebrew ◆ Hindi ◆Hmong◆Hungarian ◆Ilocano ◆ Italian ◆ ◆ Japanese ◆ Khmer ◆ Korean ◆ Laotian ◆ Lithuanian ◆ Malayalam ◆ Marshallese ◆ Navajo ◆ ◆ Nepali ◆ Polish ◆ Portuguese ◆ Punjabi ◆ Romanian Russian ◆ Samoan ◆ Serbian ◆ Somali ◆ ◆ Spanish ◆ Swahili ◆ Tagalog ◆Tamil ◆ Telugu ◆ Thai ◆ Tigrinya ◆ Tongan ◆ Turkish ◆ Ukrainian ◆ ◆ Urdu ◆ Vietnamese ◆ Yiddish ◆ Partnership Staff Linguistic Capabilities (101) ◆ Albanian .◆Amharic ◆ American Sign Language ◆Anishinaabemowin◆ Arabic ◆ Aramaic ◆ Armenian ◆ ◆ BahasaMelayu◆ Bengali ◆ Bicol ◆ Bosnian ◆Bube◆ Burmese ◆ Caddo ◆ Cebuano ◆ Chaldean ◆ Chinese – Cantonese ◆ ◆ Chinese – Chaochowese ◆ Chinese – Fukienese◆ Chinese – Mandarin ◆ Chinese – Shanghaiese◆ Chinese – Simplified ◆ ◆ Chinese – Traditional ◆ Choctaw ◆ Coushatta/Koasati◆ Creole ◆ Dakota ◆ Dutch ◆ English ◆ Fang ◆ Farsi ◆ Flemish ◆ French ◆ ◆ French Creole ◆ German ◆ Greek ◆ Gujarati ◆ Haitian Creole ◆ Hawaiian ◆ Hebrew ◆ Hindi ◆ Hmong .◆ Hokkien◆ Hungarian ◆ Igbo ◆ ◆ Indonesian ◆ Irish Gaelic ◆ Italian ◆ Japanese ◆Keres◆ Khmer ◆ Kickapoo ◆ Korean ◆ Lakota ◆ Lao ◆ Lithuanian ◆ Lummi ◆ Maliseet ◆ ◆ Marshallese ◆ Mayan – Yucatec◆ Micmac ◆Mixteca◆ Mohawk ◆ Muskogee ◆ Navajo ◆ Nez Perce ◆ Oneida ◆ Oriya ◆ Oromo ◆ Pawnee ◆ Polish ◆ ◆ Portuguese ◆ Portuguese – Brazilian ◆ Portuguese Creole ◆ Punjabi ◆Purepecha◆ Russian ◆Sahaptin◆ Salish ◆ Samoan ◆ Sinhalese ◆ Slovak ◆ ◆ Somali ◆ Spanish ◆ Swahili ◆Tagalog◆ Taiwanese ◆ Tamil ◆Taosanese◆Teochew◆ Thai ◆ Tigrinya ◆ Tongan ◆ Ukrainian Urdu ◆ Vietnamese ◆ ◆Wikang Filipino ◆ Wolof .◆ Yiddish ◆ Yoruba ◆

14. Challenges •  Increased diversity •  Growing concerns about privacy and security •  Immigration debate •  Deepening distrust of government •  Getting the questionnaire returned promptly

15. Hard to Count (HTC) Indicators  Elderly •  Children / Infants  Minorities  Language  Lower Socioeconomic  Renters  Newly Arrived Immigrants •  Migrant Farm / Ranch Workers & Their Families •  Homeless

16. How Partnership Works  What does Partnership do? Reaches into local communities, especially those hard-to-count Increases general public awareness of 2010 Census in hard-to-count communities Mobilizes community leaders to encourage their constituents to be counted

17. Partner with the Census Bureau  Can help spread the word about the 2010 Census and encourage everyone to participate  Local Government Community Organizations / Groups  Faith-Based Organizations  Business  Education  Media

18. Community CCC Program  Community CCC •  A group of community leaders in hard to enumerate or traditionally undercounted rural and urban communities that assemble for the SOLE PURPOSE of creating a census awareness campaign to raise census awareness and encourage census participation among residents in specific census tracts, community based areas, or populations.

19. Complete Count Committee (CCC)  Volunteer communities established by local or tribal government  Give true expression to “It’s in Our Hands” campaign theme Local Media Faith-Based Organizations Community Organizations CCC Education Business Government Agencies  Urge community participation in Census  Conduct targeted outreach

20. Community CCC Program  Why form a Community CCC •  To place greater emphasis on the importance of the census to residents in targeted areas or populations •  To create a census awareness campaign focused on residents in specific hard to count areas •  To empower community leaders to take ownership of the census, thus increasing the mail response rate among specific populations and greatly reducing the differential understand

21. Be Counted / Questionnaire Assistance Programs Be Counted (BC) Sites: Locations where people go to get a blank questionnaire if they feel they were missed Nationwide 40,000 BC sites & 30,000 QAC in community locations Paid Questionnaire Assistance Center Representatives Questionnaire Assistance Centers (QAC): Locations where people receive help completing their questionnaires BC sites will only have questionnaires & will not be staffed Mid-March and April 2010

22. 2010 CENSUS 2010 Census Timeline

23. 2010 Census Timeline ► Spring 2009 Census employees go door-to-door to update address list nationwide ►Fall 2009Recruitment begins for Census takers needed for peak workload in 2010 ► Feb - Mar 2010 Census Questionnaires are mailed or delivered to households ► April 1, 2010 Census Day ► Apr - Jul 2010 Census takers visit households that did not return questionnaire by mail ► Dec 2010 By law, Census Bureau delivers population count to President for apportionment. ► Mar 2011 By law, Census Bureau completes delivery of redistricting data to states.

24. Timeline Questionnaire Delivery • March 8-19, 2010 Advance Letter • March 15-17, 2010 Questionnaire • March 22-24, 2010 Reminder Postcard • April 1, 2010Census Day • April 6 -15, 2010 Replacement Questionnaire

25. What You Can Do to Take Action:  Include information about the 2010 Census Newsletter, bulletin Boards, in Lobbies and online  Answer questions and help people overcome misconceptions about the 2010 Census  Share the benefits of being counted  Reassure your community their answers are safe  Provide space Be Counted sites and Questionnaire Assistance Centers  Link to the 2010 Census website (www.census.gov/2010census) Downloadable promotional items & Job Posting.

26. 2010 Census 15 Days Away as of But Who’s Counting? 3/17/2010 Census 2000 Census 2000 2010 US Census of Population US: FL: 281,426,901 15,982,378 ??? Turkish: Turkish: 117,575 9,615

27. Do You Know? In 1790, the first census was taken by U.S. Marshals on horseback and counted 3.9 million people. Census 2000 counted more than 281 million people in the United States What will 2010 Census be?

28. Q & A Thank You So Much! IT’S IN OUR HANDS IT’S IN OUR HANDS

29. www.census.gov/2010census