The Constitution requires a count every 10 yeards of everyone living in the United States regardless of their nationality, citizenship status, race, age, or gender. This count is called a census, and it's happening again in spring 2010.

Your community's businesses and civic groups, as well as local, state, and federal governments, will use the census data collected this year to make many decisions, including where to build community centers, schools, and hospitals. That's why your voice must be heard.

The 2010 Census questionnaire is short, takes 10 minutes to complete, and is 100 percent confidential. Watch your mailbox in March 2010 and remember to return your questionnaire.

**A message from Robert M. Groves, Director of the U.S. Census Bureau

• Babies, foster children, or roommates
• People living with you who have no other place to stay
• People living in your home most of the time, even if they have another place to stay

• People who live or stay at another place most of the time
• Students living away from home while attending college or boarding school
• People in the military living somewhere else