Census gets new interactive website

The Census Bureau is well-known for asking questions. Now it will answer them, too. The agency's new 2010census.gov website went up this week and, when it is officially launched Monday will give people a chance to do the questioning. The heavily interactive site, part of the government's $326 million marketing push to promote the 2010 Census, is more whimsical than most government online portals. It's colorful. It has sound, videos, blogs and even a trivia quiz. A blog by Census Director Robert Groves welcomes comments. The site will feature three top questions of the day, gleaned from discussions on the site and chatter on the agency's Twitter and YouTube accounts and Facebook page. The website, which links to the Census Bureau's main site, aims to tap the nation's diversity and segments of the population that traditionally are difficult to count accurately, including the young and single.