Census operations and data releases

Fall 2008 – recruitment begins for local census jobs for early census operations
Spring 2009 – Census employees go door-to-door to update household address list nationwide
Fall 2009 – Census employees visit group quarters to verify locations and contact information
Fall 2009 – Recruitment begins for census takers needed for peak workload in 2010
February – March 2010 – Census questionnaires are mailed or delivered to households
February – April 2010 – Census questionnaires are delivered to group quarters
April 1, 2010 – Census Day
April – July 2010 – Census takers visit households that did not mail back a questionnaire
December 2010 – By law, Census Bureau delivers population counts to President for apportionment
March 2011 – By law, Census Bureau completes delivery of redistricting data to states
Summer 2011 - Census Bureau publishes first data products
April 2082 - Census Bureau makes individual 2010 census responses publicly available

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