FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 2000
Decennial Media Relations CB00-CN.41
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Census Bureau Director Says 92 Percent of U.S. Households
Accounted For; Thanks President and Vice President
for Message to Census Workers
Census Bureau Director Kenneth Prewitt today reported that in every
region of the country 90 percent or more of U.S. housing units have been
accounted for -- meaning that a census form has been received for a unit
or it has been identified as vacant. Some 66 percent of households mailed
in their questionnaires, and field efforts to obtain information from
households that did not respond are about 70 percent complete.
Prewitt also referred to the text of an e-mail sent by President Clinton
and Vice President Al Gore to all Census Bureau employees today,
congratulating them on the success thus far of Census 2000. "I am
extremely gratified that they have sent this message to all our staff,
recognizing the dedication and work that has brought us to this point,"
Prewitt said.
He noted that, in their message, the president and vice president said
the toughest part of the job is still ahead and added, "We will have to
redouble our efforts to reach the remaining 8 percent of households, so
that we can deliver to the country the accurate and complete census it
needs for the coming decade. At the same time, I want to ask local leaders
around the nation to join with us in this effort and to remind Americans
who have not yet been counted to welcome census workers when they contact
them."
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