Sites Selected for 2008 Census Dress Rehearsal

Local Communities to Gain Jobs

JANUARY 19, 2006 — San Joaquin County, Calif., and a nine-county area surrounding Fayetteville, N.C., have been selected as the 2008 Census Dress Rehearsal sites for the 2010 Census. The dress rehearsal will bring more than 4,000 temporary jobs to the two sites.

The dress rehearsal will fine-tune the various operations planned for the 2010 Census. Many aspects of the 2010 Census design, including the use of hand-held computers, have been tested nationally or in selected local areas over the past four years...More