Mailing in your census form saves the government a great deal of expense, since it will not have to send an enumeratgor to your house. It also saves you time. Also, subsidies from the federal government to our state and locality depend upon the official size of our population, as recorded by this census.
A census is requiried by the Constitution. In Article 1, Section 2, the Constitution includes the phrase:
"[An] Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct."
If you would like to check the rate of returns for us or any place in the country, click on the following link:
http://2010.census.gov/2010census/take10map/
There, the data is updated daily.
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