United States Marine Corps 2010 Census Information

Manpower & Reserve Affairs is assisting the United States Census Bureau in collecting Marine Corps data for the 2010 Census. This web page contains general information, references, and points of contact for the effort.

General Information

• Census workers will train the Military Installation Point of Contact (POC) on enumeration procedures.
• Enumeration will be conducted by installation, not by chain of command, as this can include multiple installations.

Installation POC Responsibilities

• Selects personnel to assist with the enumeration operations. May need a POC for each military Group Quarters (GQ) on the installation.
• Supervises the enumeration operations to be sure that it is completed on schedule.
• Provides any assistance and handles any questions from the GQ POCs to the Census worker.
• Collects the completed materials and gives them to the Census worker on the designated date.

GQ POC Responsibilities

• List all assigned personnel for a GQ on the D-116 Listing Sheet or use a computer generated personnel list for the GQ.
• Deliver MCRs and envelope, to all assigned personnel at the GQ.
• Retrieve all MCRs.
• Verify that all MCRs are complete.
• Complete MCRs for assigned personnel who were absent or unable to complete their own.
• Bundle all materials with correct D-352.1(MIL) Military Enumeration Record.
• Return the material to the Installation POC for collection by Census workers.

Schedule

• Group Quarters Enumeration (GQE): April 1, 2010 – May 21, 2010
• Shipboard Enumeration: April 1, 2010 – May 15, 2010
• Military Enumeration on Island Areas: April 5, 2010 – May 28, 2010
• Non-response Follow-up: May 1, 2010 – July 10, 2010
• Non-response Re-interview: May 7, 2010 – July 17, 2010
• Non-response Vacant and Delete Check: July 24, 2010 – August 25, 2010
• Field Verification: August 6, 2010 – September 8, 2010
• Census Coverage Measurement (CCM) Person Interview: August 14, 2010 – October 9, 2010
• CCM Person Follow-up: January 28, 2011 – March 26, 2011
• CCM Final Housing Unit Follow-up: May 5, 2011 – June 18, 2011