What Questions Are Asked On The Census 2010 Form? What is different about Census 2010?
In the past, all households received either the short-form census questionnaire or the long-form census questionnaire, with most households receiving the short-form and one in six receiving the long-form. The long-form census questionnaire contained additional questions, such as income levels, language ability and place of birth, and asked for more detailed socioeconomic information. The 2010 Census will only utilize a short-form questionnaire and will count all residents living in the United States. Thus each household will receive a short-form for Census 2010.
What questions are asked on the Census 2010 form?
The Census 2010 should take just minutes to complete and will ask the following questions:
The Census 2010 form will not ask about immigration status.
Do I have to answer all the questions?
Yes. Federal law requires that everyone participates in the census – you cannot “opt out.”
What if I have difficulty completing the Census 2010 form?
You can call a phone number on the back of the English form to request a questionnaire in Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean or Russian. There will be language assistance guides in 59 additional languages, including Tagalog, Japanese, Khmer, Hindi, Hmong, Laotian, Thai, Bengali and Urdu. The Census Bureau will make all these guides available online and can provide 22 of those language guides by mail. Telephone assistance center staff will also be able to answer questions in many other languages and TDD.
Will participating in the Census or the ACS be harmful to the respondent?
By law, all of the individual answers given on the Census are confidential. Responses and information cannot be shared with any person or any government agency, such as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or the Internal Revenue Services (IRS).
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This newly developed brochure provides information on the importance of filling out the 2010 Census, answers to some frequently asked questions, and a timeline on Census 2010 activities to promote and encourage census response rates for Asian Americans. It will be provided in over 25 Asian and Pacific Islander languages. Check back here in a week for all other translations.
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