Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 7, Number 2, 1 February 1990 — Waipahu census office serves windward plus neighbor isles [ARTICLE]

Waipahu census office serves windward plus neighbor isles

The U.S. Census Bureau is getting readyfor the big count in 1990 with the opening of a district office in Waipahu. Another district office, in Honolulu, has been open for some time. The Waipahu office is at 94-130 Leokane St. Approximately 100 people will be employed at the district office. The Waipahu district office will be the nerve center for census activities in the Waipahu district, whieh includes the outer islands. Hiring for approximately 600 field census jobs throughout the district began in January. In Hawaii the Census Bureau will recruit and hire enough people to fill some 1,190 temporary census positions, with an eeonomie contribution to the state of $4 million. The effort to achieve a complete and accurate

count of the state's residents is of critical importance to Washington and to eaeh community. The impact of the 1990 Census on the state and the nation will be immense. Census population figures will determine the number of representatives to whieh eaeh state is entitled in the U.S. House of Representatives, and the census count will shape the state legislature into the 21st century. In addition to the poliheal impact, billions of dollars in federal and state funds are redistributed to loeal governments based on populahon, age, ineome, and other census statistics, to meet urgent community needs. Census Day is Apnl 1, 1990.