This is a reminder to mail in your Census form if you received one. If you live south of the Bay you will not receive one in the mail due to the high number of rental houses in South Walton County. An enumerator from the Census Bureau should either have come to your house or be coming very soon to take the survey in person. If you received a notice on your door informing you of a missed attempt please call the number provided in a timely fashion so that you can complete yours. While it is preferable to do it in person you can do it by phone if after speaking to the enumerator you are unable find a mutually agreeable time. If you don't contact them or put it off you run the risk of having a neighbor or property manager being questioned as a proxy. In the event the enumerator is unable to contact you or a proxy your house will likely be identified as unoccupied. If you have received a missed contact notice please don't put it off; you have a limited time to be counted. For the next ten years these numbers are going to dictate our federal funding as well as how many represent us in the House of Representatives. If anyone believes they have a valid concern about not being counted please call the local census office in Pensacola at 850-288-7330. If you need to go further up the chain, the Pensacola office is overseen by the regional office in Atlanta. Those numbers are (404) 730-3832 or 1-800-424-6974. Walton county has grown tremendously in the past ten years and if we don't speak up we very well may be missed.
Here is a link to a map that shows the completion rate of each county in the country. Walton County is currently at 47%.
Take 10 Map - 2010 Census
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Beach Fanatic
If you live south of the Bay you will not receive one in the mail due to the high number of rental houses in South Walton County.......Walton county has grown tremendously in the past ten years and if we don't speak up we very well may be missed.
Whose decision to skip south of the bay? There are a fair number of us down here who would like to be counted, but nobody at Census wants to bother?
SWGB
Whose decision to skip south of the bay? There are a fair number of us down here who would like to be counted, but nobody at Census wants to bother?
Keep reading the OP, someone will be by your residence to collect your information. If you're not home they'll leave a note and you can schedule a time.
Beach Fanatic
I would rather fill out the form on my own and not have to have someone come into my home to ask me the ten questions. Can't believe the government can't figure out who is a permanent resident that lives south of the Bay, don't they have records? If they can't do this and then are willing to pay someone 21 dollars an hour to come to my house to ask questions...how do they plan to run health care and other government take overs. I am going to the library and see if I can't pick up a copy to fill out.
Beach Fanatic
I sent my form in already and yet another was sent to my home.
Beach Fanatic
Can I have your extra form? I don't want anyone coming by my place either.
Seriously, is there a local location to get the needed forms to fill out?
Seriously, is there a local location to get the needed forms to fill out?
Beach Fanatic
I would rather fill out the form on my own and not have to have someone come into my home to ask me the ten questions. Can't believe the government can't figure out who is a permanent resident that lives south of the Bay, don't they have records? If they can't do this and then are willing to pay someone 21 dollars an hour to come to my house to ask questions...how do they plan to run health care and other government take overs. I am going to the library and see if I can't pick up a copy to fill out.
Not to comment on the other complaints, but the census person who came to my house didn't ask to come in and it only took a couple of minutes at the door to answer the questions. Who lives at the address, our relationship, if it's a full-time or part-time residence, our ages, birthdates and race.
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SoWal Insider
Not to comment on the other complaints, but the census person who came to my house didn't ask to come in and it only took a couple of minutes at the door to answer the questions. Who lives at the address, our relationship, if it's a full-time or part-time residence, our ages and race.
Ditto, nice, elderly retiree from Pensacola, asked me a few quick questions and was on his way. Families have to fill out a bit more, but really, it's like three minutes out of your life. I had a nice conversation with the guy about foreclosures in the area.
SoWal Insider
I would rather fill out the form on my own and not have to have someone come into my home to ask me the ten questions. Can't believe the government can't figure out who is a permanent resident that lives south of the Bay, don't they have records? If they can't do this and then are willing to pay someone 21 dollars an hour to come to my house to ask questions...how do they plan to run health care and other government take overs. I am going to the library and see if I can't pick up a copy to fill out.
$12.00 an hour for our area. Mostly going to folks who need a little extra cash in hard times. Plus, this is constitutional, they have to do it so the House accurately represents the population.
There are a lot of issues worth complaining about in the current administration's policies, but this isn't one of them. It doesn't make any difference who's in charge, the feds have to get this job done.
SWGB
$12.00 an hour for our area. Mostly going to folks who need a little extra cash in hard times. Plus, this is constitutional, they have to do it so the House accurately represents the population.
There are a lot of issues worth complaining about in the current administration's policies, but this isn't one of them. It doesn't make any difference who's in charge, the feds have to get this job done.
I'm out of rep, so I'll just publicly say THANK YOU!
Beach Fanatic
Whose decision to skip south of the bay? There are a fair number of us down here who would like to be counted, but nobody at Census wants to bother?They came by my place yesterday. I and my wife are the only ones who live here permanently and they managed to find us.
Beach Lover
We too were visited by a nice lady from the Census...way up here in the woods. Wife said it took a couple of minutes and all was done. Then she got my daughter across the street, and the neighbors next door. Seems to be going well from my perspective.
beats on hood
I hadn't thought about the census at our beach house. We've returned the forms at our two other residences in Midtown Atlanta and in SoSoATL. We don't have a mailbox in SoWal, and we stopped paying for a P.O. box at the SRB post office because we never got mail there.
Would a form have been on the front door when the renters arrived in March? Hubby spent some time at the beach recently and left on Monday, but there was no census form on the door when he was there. What do we do?
Would a form have been on the front door when the renters arrived in March? Hubby spent some time at the beach recently and left on Monday, but there was no census form on the door when he was there. What do we do?
Beach ComberAuthor
If a Census worker came to your door and got no answer a notice of visit form giving a telephone number to contact would have been left.
Several people were wondering if there is a place to go fill out the form? I don't know the answer. I do know that in other states the Bureau of the Census has set up "Be Counted" sites where you can go to fill out a survey. I don't know if Walton County has such a site or not. On Monday I'll call Pensacola and find out. Once I find out I'll post their answer. For anyone who may want to find out for themselves the number is 850-288-7330.
Several people were wondering if there is a place to go fill out the form? I don't know the answer. I do know that in other states the Bureau of the Census has set up "Be Counted" sites where you can go to fill out a survey. I don't know if Walton County has such a site or not. On Monday I'll call Pensacola and find out. Once I find out I'll post their answer. For anyone who may want to find out for themselves the number is 850-288-7330.
SoWal Insider
Not to comment on the other complaints, but the census person who came to my house didn't ask to come in and it only took a couple of minutes at the door to answer the questions. Who lives at the address, our relationship, if it's a full-time or part-time residence, our ages, birthdates and race.
A census worker should never ask to come in your home. They are told not to, ever.
Beach Comber
Got counted today, they didn't ask to come in, and it only took about five minutes. So I guess that's it, we'll talk about it in another 10 years.
Beach Fanatic
Got my census questionaire today
Rather personal
Rather personal
beats on hood
Census worker stopped by yesterday in Seagrove. Really nice guy. We're counted!
SoWal Expert
Census worker stopped by yesterday in Seagrove. Really nice guy. We're counted!
But you don't live here!?!
beats on hood
But you don't live here!?!If you knew how many times a year we are here ....
;-)
SoWal Expert
I do - but your legal full time residence is not in Seagrove.
Beach Fanatic
I would rather fill out the form on my own and not have to have someone come into my home to ask me the ten questions. Can't believe the government can't figure out who is a permanent resident that lives south of the Bay, don't they have records? If they can't do this and then are willing to pay someone 21 dollars an hour to come to my house to ask questions...how do they plan to run health care and other government take overs. I am going to the library and see if I can't pick up a copy to fill out.
I understand that sowal is being done as door to door because of a perceived huge undercount last time.
Beach Fanatic
I understand that sowal is being done as door to door because of a perceived huge undercount last time.
We still have not seen or heard from anyone, and no notice at the house. Our house is visible from 30-A, not considered hidden, and was built many, many years ago...
Beach Fanatic
Come Home and Be Counted
There's only about 6 days left for people to mail their census forms back in before visitation begins. Since SoWal is already under a door to door survey, don't know how long you have to be counted. But, come back home if you are out on vacation or whatever. Beaches are great and it won't be super crowded for the next few weeks. The clock is ticking. Here's some contact information from first post on this thread by Astara.
If anyone believes they have a valid concern about not being counted please call the local census office in Pensacola at 850-288-7330. If you need to go further up the chain, the Pensacola office is overseen by the regional office in Atlanta. Those numbers are (404) 730-3832 or 1-800-424-6974. Walton county has grown tremendously in the past ten years and if we don't speak up we very well may be missed.
There's only about 6 days left for people to mail their census forms back in before visitation begins. Since SoWal is already under a door to door survey, don't know how long you have to be counted. But, come back home if you are out on vacation or whatever. Beaches are great and it won't be super crowded for the next few weeks. The clock is ticking. Here's some contact information from first post on this thread by Astara.
If anyone believes they have a valid concern about not being counted please call the local census office in Pensacola at 850-288-7330. If you need to go further up the chain, the Pensacola office is overseen by the regional office in Atlanta. Those numbers are (404) 730-3832 or 1-800-424-6974. Walton county has grown tremendously in the past ten years and if we don't speak up we very well may be missed.
Beach Fanatic
I do - but your legal full time residence is not in Seagrove.Sounds like someone may be double-dipping on the Homestead Exemption
SoWal Insider
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