Timeline for the 2010 census

Timeline for the 2010 census

A timeline for the 2010 census:

Spring 2009: Census employees started going door-to-door to update address list nationwide.

Fall 2009: Recruiting for census takers.

February 2010: Census Bureau begins mailing or delivering questionnaires to households.

April 1, 2010: Census Day

April to July 2010: Census takers visit households that did not mail in a questionnaire.

December 2010: Census Bureau delivers population counts to the president for apportionment.

March 2011: Census Bureau completes delivery of redistricting data to states.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau