Village to Serve as Assistance Center for 2010 Census  

The Village of Lynbrook has agreed to serve as an 2010 Census "Assistance Center" for US Census Bureau.  A representative from the US Census Bureau will be in the Village Hall board room on  Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays – March 23, 25, 26 and 30 and April 1, 2, 6, 8, 9, 13, 15, and 16 – from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. to answer questions and help residents complete their census forms.

The census bureau is urging all residents to take 10 minutes to fill out their census forms and mail them back,” said Lynbrook Mayor Brian Curran.  “The data collected by the census is used to apportion congressional seats, to distribute more than $400 billion in federal funds to tribal, state and local governments each year and to make decisions about what community services to provide.”

Beginning March 22, the 2010 Census web site will track how the Village of Lynbrook and all communities throughout the U.S. are participating in the census on a daily basis.  Communities will even be able to embed a web-based tool on their own web sites that automatically updates the daily rates.

An interactive google-base interactive map is now online that residents to find out how well their communities did in the 2000 census.  The Census Bureau is challenging all communities to improve their 2000 mail participation rates in 2010.

All census responses are confidential and answers are protected by law and cannot be shared with anyone.  The Census Bureau takes extreme measures to protect the identity of individuals and businesses and by law it cannot share respondents' individually identifiable answers with anyone, including tribal housing authorities, other federal agencies and law enforcement entities.

The 2010 census is a count of everyone living in the united states and is mandated by the U.S. Constitution.  The 2010 census form will be one of the shortest in U.S. history, consisting of 10 questions, taking about 10 minutes to complete. Strict confidentiality laws protect the respondents and the information they provide.