"Consider, in particular, one fact that might surprise you: The total number of government workers in America has been falling"

When the Census Bureau hired, It was hooted that employment was going up.

Now those people are leaving and it is being hooted that government payrolls are shrinking.

"The number of unemployed persons, at 14.8 million, was essentially un-changed in September, and the unemployment rate held at 9.6 percent"

Add to that the thousands of people that gave up on getting a job plus the thousands of young people coming online that need a job and tell us the good news again.

1.4 million

Approximate total number of positions to conduct the 2010 Census.

Recruiting and Staffing

3.8 million

Approximate number of people that were recruited to fill positions for 2010 Census operations between 2009 and 2010.