the Census You plan to use American postal workers as a census in at least two locations Field tests next year For the 2030 census, which will determine political power and federal financing.
The statistical agency said on Friday in a notice that was published next week that it will test and evaluate the feasibility of the use of postal transport companies to strike doors and collect information about the families of living for the number of the head once from each resident in the United States.
Field tests will be conducted next year in West Texas; Tribal lands in the state of Arizona; Colorado Springs, Colorado; West Carolina Spartenberg, South Carolina; Hantville, Alabama. The unpublished Federal Registry notice did not explain any sites that will test post workers as a census who meet people about race, sexual, age, type of housing and relationships in their families.
The idea of ​​using postal workers as a census during the number of United States heads, which are often described as the largest civil mobilization in the country, was wandering for some time, given the knowledge that postal workers are often in the neighborhoods they are doing. In 2011, the US Governmental Accounting Office said that the use of postal transport companies for the census in US Post service salaries was not costly, as postal carriers in urban areas were receiving $ 41 per hour compared to a 15 -hour temporary census.
The report said in the report, “Because of the difference in wage rates and the large number of the hours of the employees concerned, it will not be practical for email companies to perform the duties of census instead of statistics workers due to the high costs and disruption that the American Postal Service will perform,” the report said in the report.
American Post service Help in other ways by providing notifications about census and census questionnaires for families, as well as helping to update the list of office addresses.
The six 2026 test sites were chosen for several reasons, including the desire to include rural areas where some population does not receive mail or lack of a small or non -internet service; Tribal areas Student housing, care facilities, or military barracks; Fast growth sites with a new building; And places with different unemployment rates.
The statistical agency hopes to help it help it learn how to improve the population who has been subjected to a reduction in the 2020 census; Improving the methods that will be used in 2030; Correspondence test, evaluating its ability to process data while collecting it. The numbers collected from the census are used to divide the congressional seats between the states each contract Help directing 2.8 trillion dollars In the annual federal spending.
The Statistics Office said in Friday notification that it expects nearly 445,000 people to participate in the number of practice, either by responding via the Internet, by phone or by mail, or by conducting interviews with them by the census stores.
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