Answer the door: Community's support needed to finish the 2010 Census strong in Whitley County
By Jennifer Zartman Romano
Local leaders are still watching the census figures for Whitley County, eager to see if we'll beat previous participation rates -- but the rate has stayed the same for the past month.
As of today, Whitley County's participation rate is 80% -- several percentage points above surrounding counties, except for Wabash County which also has an 80% participation rate.
The current response rate is still 3% less than when the census was last conducted in 2000, but ahead of the national average of 72% and the state average of 78%.
"The citizens of Whitley County have been very cooperative during the census for 2010," said 2010 Census committee chairman Dick Buchanan. "Everyone is important and everyone counts. We need to make sure they have completed the 2010 census survey."
"The future of Whitley County’s government funding as well as possible growth of retail business depends on the total number of citizens being counted,” Buchanan added.
Local leaders are still watching the census figures for Whitley County, eager to see if we'll beat previous participation rates -- but the rate has stayed the same for the past month.
As of today, Whitley County's participation rate is 80% -- several percentage points above surrounding counties, except for Wabash County which also has an 80% participation rate.
The current response rate is still 3% less than when the census was last conducted in 2000, but ahead of the national average of 72% and the state average of 78%.
"The citizens of Whitley County have been very cooperative during the census for 2010," said 2010 Census committee chairman Dick Buchanan. "Everyone is important and everyone counts. We need to make sure they have completed the 2010 census survey."
"The future of Whitley County’s government funding as well as possible growth of retail business depends on the total number of citizens being counted,” Buchanan added.