2000 "City of Paterson Ready for Census Day" (02/95)

                      FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Public Information Office                    CB95-O.20
301-457-2794
301-457-4067 (TTD)

Brian Duncan
201-684-8477

             CITY OF PATERSON READY FOR "CENSUS DAY"


     Census Day is March 4, 1995, and Paterson, N.J. awaits 
the challenge!  Paterson was selected to participate in the 
1995 Census Test--the first step in developing procedures for 
the Millennial Decennial.  Oakland, Calif. and six parishes in
Northwest Louisiana (Natchitoches, Bienville, De Soto, Jackson,
Red River and Winn) are the other sites selected.  The 
1995 Census Test will evaluate new techniques such as making
questionnaires available at convenient locations, mailing
Spanish-language questionnaires to areas with high concentrations
of Spanish-speaking households, testing statistical methods that
help make the census more accurate at reduced cost and allowing
people to answer the census over the phone.

     Ligia Jaquez, the Paterson Test Office manager, along with
Brian Duncan, Census Outreach Specialist to Paterson, have worked
closely with city officials, chambers of commerce, elementary and
secondary education leaders, religious and service groups,
representatives from community-based organizations, business
leaders and the media in generating local census outreach and
promotion activities and fostering community involvement within 
Paterson in preparation for the census test.
     For further information regarding Census Day, contact 
Brian Duncan, Census Outreach Specialist, on 201-684-8477.

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February 1995