Presented by Neighborhood Services Division Board of County Commissioners March 10, 2009 Census 2010 ITS IN OUR HANDS! Discussion Outline Census Overview Complete Count Committee Outreach Goals Significant Dates BCC Participation Discussion Outline Census Overview Complete Count Committee Outreach Goals Significant Dates BCC Participation Census 2010 Requirement of the United States Constitution Population counted every ten years Also provides information on housing and industry trends Census 2010 Orange County Census 1990 Population = 677, Population = 896, Estimate = 1,114,979 Census 2010 Impact on Orange County Federal and state funding for services and programs Impacts funding of roads, schools, parks, housing Used by businesses, churches, and nonprofits to determine service areas Political representation Census 2010 Concerns for Orange County Increased urban population Improved housing unit count Changes in immigrant status Shifts in ethnic populations Changes in labor force Improved count of homeless Census 2010 Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA) Complete Address List Verifying Addresses GIS/GPS Loading Census 2010 Participant Statistical Areas Program (PSAP) Significant local areas Defining Boundaries Discussion Outline Census Overview Complete Count Committee Significant Dates BCC Participation Census 2010 Complete Count Committee June July 2010 Informal Committee - grassroots Local Census Bureau Office/Partnership Program Census 2010 Complete Count Committee Members receive census training Marketing and Outreach Identifies historically undercounted tracts and populations Census 2010 Complete Count Committee Complete Count TargetPopulationsMarketingOrganizationsLogistics TargetPopulations Ethnic Homeowners Seniors Homeless MarketingOrganizationsLogistics Census 2010 Complete Count Committee Complete Count TargetPopulationsMarketingOrganizations BusinessNonprofit/FaithEducation Logistics Census 2010 Complete Count Committee Complete Count TargetPopulationsMarketingOrganizationsLogistics Local Govt Media Census 2010 Complete Count Committee Discussion Outline Census Overview Complete Count Committee Outreach Goals Significant Dates BCC Participation Census 2010 Outreach Goals Increase response from 65% to 70% No tracts with
