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Santa Fe County Encourages Residents to Mail back Census Forms, It’s Not Too Late 

Santa Fe – April 7, 2010 –April 1 was officially designated as Census Day, but to clear up a misconception the Census Bureau will continue to accept 2010 Census questionnaires by mail through mid-April. On May 1, census workers will begin going door to door to households that failed to mail back their forms — an operation that costs taxpayers an average of $57 per household versus the 42 cents it takes to get a response back by mail.

“The Census Bureau and I would like to thank everyone who has already taken 10 minutes to fill out and mail back the 2010 Census,” Census Bureau Director Robert Groves said. “For those who have not yet had a chance to send it back, I’d like to reiterate that it’s not too late to participate and doing so will save a lot of taxpayer money.”

The Census Bureau is urging communities nationwide to take charge of their 2010 Census mail participation rates. Anyone can visit the 2010 Census Web site http://2010.census.gov/2010census/take10map/ to see how well their state, county or neighborhood is participating in the census. Santa Fe County currently has a mail back rate of 55 percent.

For more information, contact the Santa Fe Census Office, (505) 216-9020