questionnaires,
some won't. |
Census takers will
have to visit these
folks. In the past,
they have used
many different
ways of traveling to
reach them. They
must get those
answers back in as
close to April 1 as
possible. ? f ?
Sometimes they
travel by . .
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Coast Guard boats to
reach people on
remote ifllands^^ Q
to reach
atizene in
Minnesota or
Iiuioci
in rural areas
no roads.
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1. Ninety percent of the
U.S. population will be
askea to answer and mail
in blanks by April 1.
Census takers will visit the
remaining 10 percent.
2. Clerks, sworn to secrecy,
will review the blanks and
see that all questions have
been answered in full.
| How the'lffflft" Census Is Hal^Iid
4. High-speed cameras will
photograph the blanks on
microfilm. The microfilm will be
"read" by a scanning device that
will send the information to the '
Census Bureau in Suitland,
Maryland. No names and addresses
can enter any computer. Only codes
are used.
3. Questionnaires will be
packed and labeled, then
shipped to one of three
centers in Indiana,
Louisiana and California.
5. Computers will produce
a population total for each
state. These totals must be
Jiven to the president by
anuary 1, 1981.
6. The questionnaire
blanks will be shredded
and dissolved in acid and
recycled into paper. The
microfilm will be stored in
Pittsburg, Kansas. In 72
years, the information on
these blanks will be
available to the general
public at the National
Archives in Washington,
D.C.
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