Monica Periasamy and Kate Colwell

Students trail in filing 2010 census forms

Census return data shows that areas where higher numbers of University students currently reside have turned in their census forms at a lower rate than the rest of the Charlottesville community. The Jefferson Park Avenue and Venable neighborhoods, which are both popular venues for student off-Grounds housing, were calculated as the lowest performing areas in the City of Charlottesville with participation rates of 60 percent and 57 percent, respectively, as of last Thursday, according to a Charlottesville press release. Areas further from Grounds, on the other hand, showed figures that were higher than the national average, which currently stands at 71 percent, according to the U.S.