U.S. Census Chooses Areas for 2010 "Dry Run"

The U.S. Census has announced its choices of San Joaquin County, CA, and a nine-county area surrounding Fayetteville, NC, to test the 2010 census and work out any glitches.

The U.S. Census bureau has technology for the 2010 census that nobody a generation ago could have even speculated in their wildest dreams, such as handheld computers with global positioning system technology.

The Bureau is also phasing out the long form census. The implementation of the American Community Survey, a nationwide sample of about 3 million households, replaced the need for the long form census last year. In 2010, all households will get the short form, estimated to take about 10 minutes to complete.

If current law holds, 2012 will ring in the year of the next release of census data, from 1940. Also, under current law, the results of the 2010 census will be released in the year 2082. The Bureau itself has very little information of interest to genealogists. See my previous blog entries for more information on how and where to find U.S. Census data.
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