The government will hire about 1.2 million temporary workers in the first half of the year to administer the once every 10 years population count.
The stimulus bill President Barack Obama signed last February and additional funding by Congress provided enough money to hire 1.4 million Americans in total for the census, almost three times as many as in 2000 when the census was last taken. About 160,000 were already employed last year to do preliminary work.
The Census Bureau anticipates hiring about 181,000 workers from January through March and about 971,000 in the following three months.
Although the pay can vary, many of the jobs offered are for those going door-to-door to collect data from households that do not fill out and return their short list of ten questions. Households that do not return the forms before April 1 will be getting a visit from Census workers after that time.
For more information about 2010 Census Jobs, visit the government website. You can even take a practice test at the website.
The 2010 Census will help communities receive more than $400 billion in federal government money each year for things like:
•Hospitals
•Job training centers
•Schools
•Senior centers
•Bridges, tunnels and other-public works projects
•Emergency services
The data collected by the census also helps determine the number of seats your state has in the United States Congress. The U.S. Congress is where all politicians from your area are suppose to represent you and everyone else in your community.
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