2010 Census: The Count Affects The Amount

Thursday, Jan 8, 2009
2010 Census: The Count Affects The Amount

LITTLE ROCK (January 8, 2009) ��" Lieutenant Governor Bill Halter joined federal, state and local officials in promoting participation in the 2010 Census during an open house for the new Little Rock Census Office at Union Station.The Lieutenant Governor joined Pulaski County Judge Floyd “Buddy” Villines, Little Rock Mayor Mark Stodola and others in noting that the decennial count not only determine each state’s congressional representation, but also affects federal funding and policy making at the community level.Halter said the Virginia Bailey Conference Center was an appropriate site for the open house because Census reports showing Arkansas’s position in the closely linked categories of higher education and personal income proved pivotal in prompting John Bailey, the son of Virginia Bailey, to financially back the Scholarship Lottery Amendment approved by Arkansas voters in November.Sydnee Chattin-Reynolds, deputy regional director at the Kansas City office of the U.S. Census, closed the program by noting that completing the Census is important, easy and safe. She urged all attending to help the Census Bureau find people to count people in every community.The toll free recruiting line for information about Census jobs is 866-861-2101. More information is available on-line at http://www.2010censusjobs.gov./-30-