04-12-2010, 06:39 AM
update on census stats for Waukegan ~ haven't heard anything more about the boycott...
Communities nudge census stragglers
Waukegan-North Chicago
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April 12, 2010
By DAN MORAN <!-- e --><a href="mailto:dmoran@stmedianetwork.com">dmoran@stmedianetwork.com</a><!-- e -->
WAUKEGAN -- A week after 2010 Census forms were due, communities like Waukegan and North Chicago are closer to their participation rates from 2000.
As of Friday,Waukegan's percentage of responding households stood at 65 percent, which was close to the 68 percent seen a decade ago. Waukegan was also right at the national participation rate of 65 percent, as tracked at 2010.census.gov/2010census/take10map.
While North Chicago lagged behind the national rate with 58 percent, the city was still close to the 61 percent mailed back for the 2000 Census.
Both communities have conducted extensive pubic awareness campaigns about the importance of maximizing federal aid through census participation, and on Friday, Waukegan officials hosted a local edition of the Census Bureau's "March to the Mailbox" event, stressing the mail-back deadline of April 20.
City spokeswoman Susana Figueroa described the event as "a final effort to boost mail-back rates in our community before personal visits to the non-responding households, which will begin on May 1."
Both Waukegan and North Chicago have boosted their return totals by more than 10 percent since April 1, when North Chicago stood at 43 percent and Waukegan at 46 percent.
The Census Bureau announced Friday that the Chicago region -- defined as the states of Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin -- was leading the nation's 12 Census regions in participation rate with 72 percent. In 2000, the Chicago region ended up first overall with 78 percent.
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Communities nudge census stragglers
Waukegan-North Chicago
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April 12, 2010
By DAN MORAN <!-- e --><a href="mailto:dmoran@stmedianetwork.com">dmoran@stmedianetwork.com</a><!-- e -->
WAUKEGAN -- A week after 2010 Census forms were due, communities like Waukegan and North Chicago are closer to their participation rates from 2000.
As of Friday,Waukegan's percentage of responding households stood at 65 percent, which was close to the 68 percent seen a decade ago. Waukegan was also right at the national participation rate of 65 percent, as tracked at 2010.census.gov/2010census/take10map.
While North Chicago lagged behind the national rate with 58 percent, the city was still close to the 61 percent mailed back for the 2000 Census.
Both communities have conducted extensive pubic awareness campaigns about the importance of maximizing federal aid through census participation, and on Friday, Waukegan officials hosted a local edition of the Census Bureau's "March to the Mailbox" event, stressing the mail-back deadline of April 20.
City spokeswoman Susana Figueroa described the event as "a final effort to boost mail-back rates in our community before personal visits to the non-responding households, which will begin on May 1."
Both Waukegan and North Chicago have boosted their return totals by more than 10 percent since April 1, when North Chicago stood at 43 percent and Waukegan at 46 percent.
The Census Bureau announced Friday that the Chicago region -- defined as the states of Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin -- was leading the nation's 12 Census regions in participation rate with 72 percent. In 2000, the Chicago region ended up first overall with 78 percent.
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