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**CB06-DR.01**
**Contact:**  Briana KayaPublic Information Office(301) 763-3030 (phone)(301) 763-3762 (fax)(301) 457-1037 (TDD)PIO@census.gov

## FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2006 

## Census Bureau Jobs Available in San Joaquin County 

### Pay Starts at $12.25 Per Hour

The U.S. Census Bureau is hiring almost 2,000     area residents to work on the 2008 Census Dress Rehearsal taking place in     San Joaquin County, Calif., offering pay rates between $12.25 and $14.50 per     hour. 

The temporary jobs, lasting about five to 10     weeks, offer flexible hours and are ideal for students, retirees and others     seeking part-time work.

"By early April, we hope to hire local     residents who know the area and want to help ensure an accurate count of the     people and housing units in San Joaquin County,"  said Ralph Lee, regional     director of the Census Bureau's Seattle Regional Office.

Employment selections and training sessions     are under way with jobs available now until summer 2008. The training prepares     census takers to use hand-held computers to update address lists and collect     information from residents who do not return their questionnaires by mail.     Most positions require U.S. citizenship, a driver's license and use of a vehicle     and each applicant will undergo a background check. 

"The dress rehearsal is the first opportunity     to apply all we have learned from census tests conducted throughout the decade     to prepare for the nation's once-a-decade population census,"  Lee said. 

The largest peacetime operation conducted     by the government, the census is the basis for reapportionment for the House     of Representatives and the distribution of more than $200 billion to state     and local governments every year through federal funding.

San Joaquin County, and a nine-county area     surrounding Fayetteville, N.C., are the two sites selected by the Census Bureau     to participate in the 2008 Census Dress Rehearsal.

San Joaquin was selected because it is an     urban location with a multilingual population and an assortment of group-quarters     housing, such as college dorms and nursing homes. Enumerating the county will     enable the Census Bureau to simulate the Census environment among a rapidly     changing and diverse population.

All of the information the Census Bureau collects     is confidential by law. Census Bureau employees take an oath to protect the     information they collect and are subject to a jail term, a fine - or     both - if they disclose any personally identifiable information.

For more information or to apply for Census     Dress Rehearsal jobs, call toll-free at 1-866-376-2008.  

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