the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, at Monday nights Ridgewood Board of Education meeting Dr. Fishbein announced that the Village of Ridgewood is actively engaged in preparing for Census 2020.
- Starting in March, residents will receive invitations to fill out the census online.
- Everyone should complete the census, including non-citizens and undocumented individuals.
- All information will be kept 100% confidential by the US Census Bureau.
- The census can be completed online at the Ridgewood Public Library, and assistance will be available.
- All family members should be included when completing the census. Children ages 0-5 have been undercounted in the past, but it is important to include all family members for accurate data collection.
Ridgewood mayor Ramon Hache recently announced that the village may have been under counted as much as 25 to 30% in the 2010 census.