Census is oming this year - - it is important that everybody who can be counted, be counted. It is worth about $10,000 to the county per person in State aid, State/County Services, etc and so on. Although I don’t have any figures, it also impacts $$$$ to the Borough.

Where to be counted? Where do you live and sleep most of the time?

• The US Census Bureau is committed to counting every person ... and to count every person in the correct place.

• The guiding principle for the census is "usual residence", which is defined as the place where the person lives and sleeps MOST OF THE TIME. This place is not necessarily the same as the person's voting residence or legal residence.

• The census forms will be mailed out in March 2010 ... and will not be forwarded by the Post Office. The forms that are mailed to a residence are geocoded specifically to that address.

• Snowbirds (people who live in one state but spend the winter in another state with a warmer climate) are to be counted at the residence where they live most of the year.

What to do if you spend most of the time over the year in your Cape May County residence and you receive a form while you are away?

• Wait to return to Cape May County and complete a form in person with a Census enumerator or at a Cape May County Library or Questionnaire Assistance Center (QAC).

• Replacement Census Questionnaires For the first time, the Census will be mailing out replacement Census forms to non-respondents within an initial period of time, sometime in May to July 2010.