Census to Open Local Office to Serve West Philadelphia

Community to interact with national and regional 2010 Census Road Tour exhibits

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being released by the U.S. Census Bureau:

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What: Local Census office to open in West Philadelphia. The office will serve West Philadelphia and hire hundreds of local residents for office and field work.

The national and regional 2010 Census "New Portrait of America" vehicles and interactive, walk-through exhibits will be open to the community following the indoor ceremony.

When: Monday, Jan. 11, at 10 a.m. (EST)

Who: Fernando Armstrong, regional director, Philadelphia Regional Census Center

Michael Nutter, mayor, city of Philadelphia

Christopher Chaplin, Mayor's Commission on African and Caribbean Affairs

J. Holland Brown, Carroll Park Community Council

Where: West Philadelphia Census Office, 5070 Parkside Avenue, Business and Technology Center, 4th Floor, Suite 3400, Philadelphia, Pa. 19131

Entrance through gated door on back loading dock.

Note: National and regional 2010 Census Road Tour vehicles and walk-through exhibits will be available for tours in the Business and Technology Center parking lot at 11 a.m. Speakers will be available for interview following the program.

The U.S. Constitution requires a population and housing count every 10 years. The effort employs some of the most sophisticated and technical and operational tools as well as a workforce of 1.4 million temporary employees to count every man, woman and child. Census results are the basis for congressional representation as well as the distribution of federal, state, and local funds totaling more than $400 billion annually. Census Day is April 1, 2010. Visit www.2010census.gov.

Monica L. Davis, Media Specialist of the U.S. Census Bureau, +1-215-237-5432/mobile, [email protected]

SOURCE U.S. Census Bureau