Creation Date

2000

Description

2000 United States census carrying bag. The bag is black cotton canvas. It is 15 1/4" long x 10 3/4" high x 3" wide x 3" deep. There is a 1" wide black woven nylon? handle on each top side. There is a 1 7/8" wide black woven nylon? shoulder strap. The strap has a plastic clip on each end and clips to a plastic loop. There is a plastic adjustable bar on the strap. The plastic loops on the sides of the bag are attached to the bag by a 1 1/2" wide black woven nylon? piece. On the front side of the bag is a large white silkscreened rectangle. Printed in the rectangle is "U.S. Census Bureau" in black, "US CENSUSBUREAU" in two shades of blue, and "Helping You Make Informed Decisions" in black. In the lower right corner in blue is the Bureau of the Census emblem of a shield with a book, aladdin lamp, and two crossed feathers in it with laurel leaves around it and "(star) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (star) BUREAU OF THE CENSUS" around the edge. On the inside bottom right side is a white label with black "MADE IN CHINA". Condition - There are a few light dirt type marks on the bag.

Dennis and Mary Koenig of Red Wing worked as enumerators for the 2000 United States census. They canvassed the area and looked for new housing developments, checking against address lists. They also went door to door to houses that had not responded to the census surveys. Dennis stated that the 2010 census information collected by enumerators is being done with handheld computers so the 2000 census was the last one where the information was collected by hand. He did not think that the 2010 enumerators can keep the information books they were given.

Geographic Notes

China