The U.S. Census\nBureau is encouraging people to apply for temporary jobs with the bureau to\nhelp make sure data collected during the 2020 Census is as accurate as\npossible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The bureau is in\nthe process of hiring hundreds of thousands of workers to assist with the 2020\nCensus. Article 1, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution requires that a census be\nconducted. Originally, the main purpose\nfor conducting a census was to establish representation in Congress. Today, in\naddition to its many other benefits, the census is an important tool for\ndetermining how state and federal funding is allocated to local governments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 2020 Census\nwill determine how more than $800 billion in federal government resources will\nbe distributed each year for the next decade to states and localities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Census\nBureau is looking to fill a variety of positions. Pay ranges for those\npositions vary. A Census Taker in the Yakima area, for example, will make $16.00\nan hour. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bilingual\napplicants proficient in English and Spanish are needed and are encouraged to\napply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Anyone\ninterested in learning more about positions being offered by the Census Bureau\nand how they can apply for a job is encouraged to visit the bureau\u2019s website at\nhttps:\/\/2020census.gov\/jobs<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The U.S. Census Bureau is encouraging people to apply for temporary jobs with the bureau to help make sure data collected during the 2020 Census is as accurate as possible. The bureau is in the process of hiring hundreds of thousands of workers to assist with the 2020 Census. Article 1, Section 2 of the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":8191,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8193"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8196,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8193\/revisions\/8196"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}