HUDSON COUNTY — Now at 66 percent, Hudson County is one of eight counties and nine cities in the New York Region that have matched or even overtaken their Census 2000 final mailback rates, with a few days still left for processing returned 2010 Census forms.
Hudson County’s 2000 response rate for filling out the original forms was also 66 percent. This is about 10 percent behind sevaral rural counties, but about par, officials said, with other cities seeking to count their population in the New York region.
Residents are being asked to get their forms in by May 1, at which point Census workers will start knocking on doors in order to get the information.