Washington, D.C. – Most of you have received a census question form in the mail and have filled it out and mailed it back. Thank you for participating. But some Wyoming residents never received a census form in the mail. If you are one of those residents it isn’t too late to get counted. If the Census Bureau did not hear from you by May 1 you were added to a door-to-door visit list and between now and July 10 you should be visited by a census worker who will collect your information.
If you haven’t received a form and want to be sure you are counted you can call 1-866-872-6868. More information is also available at http://2010.census.gov/2010census/index.php.
With Wyoming’s boom and bust cycles, it is all the more important to get an accurate snapshot of our state. How many snowbirds do we have in our state? Which towns have a growing senior population and which towns have the most high school and college graduates? The census is how we find out. It’s more than just a head count. It’s a snapshot of our state that will help us get what we need in the bigger picture. Wyoming has been just under 500,000 for three decades of counts. It is time to buck the half million mark. We can if you’re counted.
