Census 2010: 'Don't Be Fooled, Be Counted'
Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer stops by to remind New Yorkers to respond to the census form. The majority of city residents do not respond to the census survey -- only 32 percent of population in Brooklyn mailed out their forms, 36 percent in Queens, 37 percent in the Bronx, 42 percent in Manhattan and 43 percent in Staten Island. The country’s average response rate is 52 percent.
“The stake has never been higher,” Stringer said. “We benefit by sending our census forms back as our city gets a lot of federal funding.”
At least $212 million were lost in Manhattan alone at the last census survey 10 years ago, he said. New York State also lost two congressional seats because of what Stringer argued as an inaccurate census count.
Today, the Manhattan Complete Count Committee is launching the “Don’t Be Fooled, Be Counted,” to combat the low response rate to the 2010 Census.
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