“New Orleans is one of only a handful of cities selected to start early in following up with those households for which the 2020 U.S. Census still is needed,” New Orleans City Council President Jason Williams addressing the council on census worker taking to the streets to get more complete census information.
“Starting today, U.S. Census workers will begin knocking on doors to obtain information for the ten-year census,” Williams said.
Williams went on to tell the Council Census workers will be wearing masks and following public safety guidelines as they go about their appointed rounds.
If they find someone not at home to answer their questions, they will be leaving a notice with directions about how to respond.
If you responded to census on line or by phone, it is less likely a Census worker will come to your door.
“The Census is used for critically important decisions. The allocation of millions of federal dollars to communities, which we all know are desperately needed, to plan for new roads, schools, and emergency services. To determine how many representatives each state gets in congress and to redraw district boundaries. So this is all vitally crucial to the future of the city of New Orleans,” Williams explains.
He emphatically urges people to respond to the census takers and get them the information they need.
“Please call or go online if you haven’t already filled out your census [card]. Please cooperate if census workers come knocking. So please participate in any way that you can.”