Counting people during the census can be a complicated process. We’re listening to our community partners to track questions and issues as they arise and provide answers or solutions whenever possible.
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Household Population Question
Additional People Question
Ownership or Rental of Unit Question
Telephone Number Question
Name Question
Sex Question
Age and Date of Birth Question
Hispanic, Latino or Spanish Origin Question
Race Question
- How should a person from Mexico, or anyone who is of Hispanic, Latino or Spanish origin, answer the Race question on the form?
- Why do they ask people living or staying in the household to identify their race(s)?
- Is the race of the household determined based on the race(s) selected by Person 1 on the 2020 Census form?
- Do I have to enter something into the text boxes after selecting my race in order to be able to move to the next question?
- How should I answer the race question if I am Middle Eastern or North African?
Questions for Persons 2-6
- What delays are taking place due to COVID-19?
- Has the Census Bureau changed the way it will conduct enumeration at group quarters due to COVID-19?
- What has changed with how the Census Bureau works with service providers (shelters, soup kitchens, etc.)?
- How will the Census count college students who had to move out early from their college residence facilities due to COVID-19?
- Will Census Bureau field staff still visit households that haven’t completed the survey for their household by the end of April?
- Is it true that you have to complete the Census in order to receive the “stimulus” checks from the federal government in response to COVID-19?
- People who do not regularly live at my house are now temporarily living here due to COVID-19. Where should they be counted?
- What will the 2020 Census invitation letter look like?
- What will the envelope containing the 2020 Census invitation letter look like?
- Where can I pick up a 2020 Census paper form to fill out?
- I received a paper questionnaire in the mail. Can I still respond online?
- Can I complete the paper form if there are more than six people in my home?
- How do I correct a mistake on the online form?
- I received a census form at a non-residential structure (e.g., storage shed, garage, other outbuilding) on my property, how should I respond?
- What does “most of the time” mean when determining who should be counted in the household?
- If I am temporarily living in someone else's home, where do I get counted?
- Which members of my household should I include on my 2020 Census form?
- Will people who are not United States citizens or legal residents be counted in the Census?
- Are babies counted as part of our household? If so, how?
- If the members of a household recently moved, where should they be counted?
- Where should college students be counted?
- People who do not regularly live at my house are now temporarily living here due to COVID-19. Where should they be counted?
- When is the census online form available?
- When will I receive my census invitation letter?
- When will 2020 Census paper forms be mailed out?
- When will census workers start knocking on doors of homes that haven’t completed the Census?
- What can I do to prevent Census staff from visiting my house?
- Do I have to complete the 2020 Census by April1?
- What delays are taking place due to COVID-19?