2020 Census Virtual Weekend Empowerment – May 1-3, 2020
Greg Elkins with Bladen County’s Planning Department announced the Census Virtual Weekend, which starts today. Each person who responds to the 2020 Census helps their community secure its fair share of over $675 billion dollars in federal funding for roads, schools, healthcare services, and so many other programs.
The U.S. Census Bureau has implemented a digital engagement initiative geared towards increasing self-response rates across the nation. The objective of the initiative is to leverage the influence of social media influencers throughout the country to encourage hard to reach audiences to participate in the 2020 Census.
Social media influencers, Bladen County needs your help!
NC Lt. Governor Dan Forest took some time to talk to Bladen County residents today about the importance of the 2020 Census.
Time is running out for the 2020 Census – Get Out The Count Video Challenge. There is a chance to win up to $50,000 for creative videos to share the importance of the 2020 Census. The deadline to enter is May 7, 2020.
Jan Hester Maynor, Special Projects Planner with Lumber River Council of Governments announced this week, Bladen County has a lot of ground to cover for the 2020 Census.
As of April 29th, Bladen County has the following Census completion percentages:
|
|
Tract % | |
|
North Carolina |
49.70% |
37% |
|
Municipality |
||
|
Bladenboro |
35.3 |
44.3 |
|
Clarkton |
23.5 |
35.9 |
|
Dublin |
8.6 |
34.1 |
|
East Arcadia |
37.8 |
42.9 |
|
Elizabehtown |
42.9 |
43.5 |
|
Tar Heel |
15.7 |
40.7 |
|
White Lake |
10.5 |
22 |
Maynor stated, “As you can see, there are several areas in the County with very low responses. If you have connections in any of these areas, please appeal to them to complete the Census. Please continue to post on all your social media asking all to go ahead and complete the questionnaires on line as soon as possible.”
She added, “The Census Bureau plans to put their staff back in the field as soon as it is safe to do so.“
Find out more about who is required to respond and how to respond by visiting :
https://2020census.gov/en/am-i-required.html
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