Miami Herald, The (FL) - Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Author: DANIEL SHOER ROTH, dshoer@MiamiHerald.com
After a long, multimillion-dollar campaign, the 2010 Census questionnaires have arrived in 120 million households across the country.
In recent months, there has been much discussion about undocumented immigrants and Hispanics, generally pointing to them as the main culprits behind the low level of local participation in the count.
But there is another group that no one, either out of fear or ignorance, has dared to point to in South Florida: the wealthy.
The mail-in participation rate from the 2000 Census shows a sharp disparity between working class and rich communities in Miami-Dade County. Nationally, 72 percent of households filled out their forms and mailed them back. In Hialeah Gardens, mail participation was 84 percent; in Westchester, 82 percent; and Kendall, 78 percent.
Posted By: Ayanna Spikes
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