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**CB08-CR.13**
**Contact:**  Vincent L. KountzDetroit Regional Office313-259-1875Briana KayaPublic Information Office(301) 763-3030 (phone)(301) 763-3762 (fax)(301) 457-1037 (TDD)PIO@census.gov

## FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 2008

## Census Bureau Announces Location of Detroit 2010 Regional Census Center

     The U.S. Census Bureau's Detroit  Regional Office has announced the selection of Stroh River Place in Detroit  as the site for its regional census center to support the 2010 Census.

     The  center will employee approximately 160 people during its peak operations in  2010. The 31,000-square-foot site will serve as the management location for the  region's 2010 Census operations. It is located at 300 River Place, Detroit, MI  48207.

     The  census centers will be located in the same metropolitan areas as the Census  Bureau's 12 regional offices and each will  oversee field operations within their region.

     "Serving  as the region's operational hub for all 2010 Census activities, the regional  census center will provide field management, recruiting, administrative,  community outreach and automation support to local census offices and an  eventual temporary staff of thousands in our three-state region," said Dwight  Dean, regional director.

     The  Detroit region includes Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia -- ranging from  Michigan's upper peninsula to the Appalachian valleys of West Virginia. The  region covers more than 24 million people and about 4,400  local governments.

     The  2010 Census will have one of the shortest census questionnaires in history,  dating back in the nation's first census in 1790. Census Day is April 1, 2010.  The Census Bureau will mail or deliver more than 130 million questionnaires to  households in the United States. All personal information will be kept  confidential.

     Article 1, Section 2 of the U.S.  Constitution mandates an actual enumeration of theU.S. population for the purpose of the apportionment of  congressional seats. In addition, state and local government agencies, tribal  governments, businesses, academia, nonprofit organizations and members of the  general public rely on census data to make informed decisions.

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