That filling out and returning your census form will help Louisville and surrounding counties get federal funding to…

• Keep our police officers safe with equipment like bulletproof vests
  
• Help firefighters protect our homes. In fact, the newest fire station, in Louisville’s Beechmont neighborhood, is being built with some of these federal funds
  
• Pay the salaries and provide training for the teachers that educate our children.

We move forward when you send it back…

That's why it's so important that you fill in the U.S. Census form you will receive in March and promptly mail it back.

Census information affects the numbers of seats our state occupies in the U.S. House of Representatives. And people from many walks of life use census data to advocate for causes, rescue disaster victims, prevent diseases, locate pools of skilled workers and more.

Did you know… that the number of doses of H1N1 flu vaccine provided to the Louisville area this winter was based on the size of our population.

When you do the math, it's easy to see what an accurate count of residents can do for our community. Better infrastructure. More services. In fact, the information the census collects helps to determine how more than $400 billion dollars of federal funding each year is spent on:

• Hospitals
• Job training centers
• Schools
• Senior centers
• Bridges, tunnels and other-public works projects
• Emergency services

Stand up and be counted!

Complete and return your census form this spring.