SANTA CLARITA'S RESPONSE TO CENSUS TALLIED AT 65 PERCENT.Byline: Orith Goldberg Staff Writer SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, - Sixty-five percent of Santa Clarita residents have responded to the U.S. Census - a figure 5 percent below the target set for the city but higher than the national average. As of April 3, Santa Clarita's response rate was 10 percent higher than the nation's initial response rate and 8 percent higher than California's rate. The next step begins Tuesday, when U.S. Census workers will go door-to-door to homes that did not respond, seeking the information, said Jeanine Kabrich, a spokeswoman for the regional census bureau Noun 1. Census Bureau - the bureau of the Commerce Department responsible for taking the census; provides demographic information and analyses about the population of the United States Bureau of the Census in Van Nuys, Since returned census forms have not yet been broken down into categories based on ethnicity, gender or ZIP codes zip code System of postal-zone codes (zip stands for “zone improvement plan”) introduced in the U.S. in 1963 to improve mail delivery and exploit electronic reading and sorting capabilities. , officials have gathered information on a broader scale, not yet focusing on which areas have sparse response rates. In the last 10-year federal count in 1990, Santa Clarita's response rate was 69 percent. Based on the response rates from Santa Clarita, residents appear to understand that the officials tally is linked to public services Public services is a term usually used to mean services provided by government to its citizens, either directly (through the public sector) or by financing private provision of services. , Kabrich said. Federal money often is based on population. ``The response (in Santa Clarita) is really, really good but there are other areas in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County that are low,'' Kabrich said. The County's initial response rate of 56 percent was 13 percent lower than the target rate as of April 3. Kabrich said much has changed since the 1990 census, with residents increasingly on the go, less interested in additional government forms to fill and proficient pro·fi·cient adj. Having or marked by an advanced degree of competence, as in an art, vocation, profession, or branch of learning. n. An expert; an adept. in many, diverse languages. The government has not taken the challenges lightly - a $166 million national media campaign was mounted to educate residents on the importance of being counted. ``We have to live with what we fill out now for the next 10 years,'' Kabrich said. Information such as the times people travel to work can help the government determine peak traffic times, and in turn, look at possible needs for building additional lanes for certain roadways. Details about employers helps the governments assess which industries are providing jobs. Those concerned about a potential breach of confidentiality should not be, Kabrich stressed. ``All we ask is if you are a U.S. citizen or not,'' she said. Kabrich said the Census Bureau is even more confidential than the Warren Commission Warren Commission, popular name given to the U.S. Commission to Report upon the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, established (Nov. 29, 1963) by executive order of President Lyndon B. Johnson. . |
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