Monday, April 5, 2010

Counting heads in East Point

April 1 was the day when everyone in the country was to be counted as part of the constitutionally mandated census.

Jefferson Park neighborhood lagged behind both the state and national participation rate. 
Some 49 percent of residents here returned the 10-question form.  That is less than the state and national participation, 52 and 56 percent, respectively. The city of East Point has a return rate of 42 percent. 

No doubt expect to see census counters walking the neighborhood from April to July when works knock on doors of homes that didn't return the questionnaire.