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The 2020 Census Questionnaire — What’s On It?

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It’s April 1. Happy Census Day!

When you fill out your census form, this is the day the government wants you to document. You should include information about where you live as of today.

At this point, you should have received your census form in the mail. But, based on early reporting, most of us haven’t gotten around to actually filling it out. (What could possibly be distracting?)

If you find yourself quarantined with some downtime to start checking boxes — we’ve got you covered. We’ve created an annotated replica of the 2020 Census form which describes how the data collected from you is used to is used to inform government decision-making and determine community needs.

AND WHY DO WE DO THIS?

The Constitution mandates it. And we’ve been doing it every 10 years since 1790. An accurate population count is vital to how congressional lines are drawn, how federal funds get distributed, and even how journalists, the government and researchers know the demographics of communities they study and report on.