Census Information is Strictly Confidential
It is illegal for the Census Bureau to share your personal information with any government agency - not law enforcement, IRS, Welfare, FBI or Immigration. Census workers are subject to a $250,000 fine and/or a five-year prison term for disclosing census information. Census Day is April 1, 2010. More...

1 + 1 = 25
The census counts every person, one by one, in order to determine Florida's representation in the U.S. House of Representatives. Florida has 25 of the 435 representatives in the U.S. House. According to the 2000 census, each representative represents about 650,000 people. More...

The First U.S. and Broward County Census
In 1790, the first census revealed that the U.S. population was 3,929,000, just enough to fit in the modern city of Los Angeles. The first census in Broward County was in 1920 and confirmed a population of 5,135. Today Broward has between 1.7 and 1.8 million residents, while the total U.S. population is 308 million. More (PDF)...

Community Funding Depends on You
Your local community receives funding for education, public safety, housing and community development, transportation, health care and human services programs based on Census results. On April 1, 2010, we're counting on you to be counted.  More (PDF-135kb) ...

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