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## FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 2006

## Census Bureau Selects San Joaquin County as 2010 Census Dress Rehearsal Site

### *Community to Gain 1,750 Temporary Jobs*

The U.S. Census Bureau today                     announced that San Joaquin County, Calif., is one of two sites                     in the nation chosen to participate in a dress rehearsal for                     the 2010 Census. 

The dress rehearsal also will                     bring approximately 1,750 temporary jobs and provide residents                     of the San Joaquin County area an opportunity to participate                     in an event that will help the Census Bureau produce more                     accurate counts of the people and housing units in their community                     and across the nation in 2010.

The dress rehearsal, to be conducted                     in 2008, will allow the Census Bureau to enact new and streamlined                     methods ensuring an accurate and cost-effective national census                     in 2010. 

"Our principal goal is                     an accurate decennial census," said Census Bureau Director                     Louis Kincannon. "In 2010, we will meet this goal through                     the reengineered census process - a process that will                     use new technology, contain costs and deliver more timely                     data."

 San Joaquin County was selected                     because it presents a unique challenge to census takers with                     its multilingual population and an assortment of group quarters                     housing, such as college residence halls, nursing homes and                     correctional facilities. These characteristics will allow                     the Census Bureau to properly simulate the 2010 Census environment                     in a rapidly changing and diverse area.

 The 2010 Census will be a short-form-only                     census, designed to be simpler, more accurate and easier to                     complete. The nationwide implementation of the American Community                     Survey in 2005 replaced the need for a long-form questionnaire                     in 2010. In addition, two key changes enacted since Census                     2000 include the mailing of replacement questionnaires and                     providing census takers with GPS-equipped hand-held computers.                

 These improvements will increase                     overall response rates and enhance accuracy. The Census Bureau                     selected Fayetteville, N.C., and the surrounding nine-county                     region as the second dress rehearsal site.

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