Why We Care About the Census
What makes the census so important? Well, the data collected by
the census next year will be used to determine a host of issues. In particular, the amount of federal funding available to the state of Louisiana for services, such as educational grants, depends largely upon the results of the census. To learn more, click here.
News and Events
June 4th 2009 Webinar Available for Download!
Our webinar "Nonprofits and the 2010 Census," which took place on Thursday, June 4th, is now available for viewing and for download.
The webinar, which followed on the heels of our April 1st webinar on the role of nonprofits in the 2010 Census, features special guest Terri Ann Lowenthal, Member, President Obama’s Transition Team for the Census, Former Director, House Census Oversight Subcommittee and currently a legislative and policy consultant.
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Local Election Results
For the results of the May 2 local elections, click here to go to the website of the Louisiana Secretary of State, where there are a variety of ways to see election results in the different parishes.
New Fact Sheets from the Nonprofit Voter Engagement Network
Census 101: The Basics
Seven Things Any Nonprofit Needs to Know about Census 2010
Census by the Numbers
Why Nonprofits: Key to a Complete Count
The Louisiana Census Office is hiring address canvassers!
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New Publications
2009 Election Calendar
Download and view the 2009 election calendar now.
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Census Bureau to hand-deliver forms in New Orleans
By Becky Bohrer, The Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS — Census forms will be hand-delivered in the city of New Orleans and surrounding areas affected by the 2005 hurricanes Katrina and Rita to get the most accurate count possible following concerns that the region could lose federal representation and funding.
The measures announced by U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert M. Groves on Tuesday did not go as far as those sought by Mayor Ray Nagin and some advocacy groups to locally count potentially thousands of former residents scattered across the country who are trying to come back.
By at least one estimate, 75 percent of New Orleans' pre-Katrina population has returned in the nearly four years since the Aug. 29, 2005, storm and levee breaches. In some neighborhoods, there remain huge swaths of empty homes.
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Census Bureau to hire 10,000 in La.
By Steven Ward, The Advocate
Between October of this year and April 2010 — the peak of activity for the 2010 census — the U.S. Census Bureau will hire more than 10,000 people in Louisiana, a Census Bureau official said Wednesday.
Gabriel Sanchez, director of the agency’s Dallas regional office, said those temporary employees will do everything from working at the eight Census Bureau offices in the state to hitting the streets of Louisiana’s neighborhoods to distribute questionnaires.
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Lafayette anticipates 2010 redistricting
By Richard Burgess, The Advocate
LAFAYETTE — A political analyst told local officials Friday that they should begin pushing legislators now to ensure that Acadiana gets a fair shake in redistricting after the 2010 census.
“When it’s time to redistribute money and power, this area should win,” said Shreveport political analyst and demographer Elliot Stonecipher.
Stonecipher was brought in by the Greater Lafayette Chamber of Commerce on Friday to discuss issues related to the 2010 Census and the redrawing of legislative and congressional districts that will follow in 2011.
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State likely to lose seat
By Amanda McElfresh, The Advertiser
Political analyst and demographer Elliott Stonecipher said Louisiana could lose a Congressional representative and see those districts drastically rearranged based on the 2010 census.
Currently, seven members of Congress represent the state, but that number could go down to six, Stonecipher told a group of elected officials in Lafayette on Friday.
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