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Has anyone turned in their 2020 US Census form? (Original Post) diva77 May 2020 OP
Census sends out two different forms Coleman May 2020 #1
aha! thanks diva77 May 2020 #3
Not exactly... brooklynite May 2020 #15
Yes and it was very short. Some people get picked for a more detailed questionnaire. Lochloosa May 2020 #2
Thanks! diva77 May 2020 #4
I gave up DFW May 2020 #5
That makes no census, whatsoever. diva77 May 2020 #6
Tell me about it! DFW May 2020 #7
I wouldn't be surprised genxlib May 2020 #9
I'm not going to spend sleepless nights worrying about it DFW May 2020 #10
Yes. murielm99 May 2020 #8
The feds made it simple for the.. Maxheader May 2020 #11
:) Of course! That short form is VERY short, Hortensis May 2020 #12
Yes, right after I got it. GoCubsGo May 2020 #13
I did a very short online version. Lucinda May 2020 #14
Did my census on line, too. n/t ChazII May 2020 #17
Yes, Delphinus May 2020 #16
Yes, did it months ago. sinkingfeeling May 2020 #18
I turned mine in weeks ago. I don't understand WTF it is for seems the only thing doc03 May 2020 #19

Coleman

(853 posts)
1. Census sends out two different forms
Thu May 14, 2020, 05:50 AM
May 2020

One like you received and a long form to randomly selected homes.

brooklynite

(94,511 posts)
15. Not exactly...
Thu May 14, 2020, 07:29 AM
May 2020

There is only ONE Census Form (short) for everyone. There is a separate AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY which is carried out annually to randomly selected households.

DFW

(54,367 posts)
5. I gave up
Thu May 14, 2020, 05:57 AM
May 2020

All I got was this:
"For security reasons, your session has been terminated."

And I got nothing in the mail in Dallas (my mail is forwarded to me here in Germany).

genxlib

(5,524 posts)
9. I wouldn't be surprised
Thu May 14, 2020, 06:36 AM
May 2020

If the census website was blocked from international traffic.

It would be the kind of myopic simplistic approach set up by a nationalist regime that wasn’t actually interested in collecting good data.

DFW

(54,367 posts)
10. I'm not going to spend sleepless nights worrying about it
Thu May 14, 2020, 06:45 AM
May 2020

I have a legal residence in Germany, anyway. I'm just still in Texas for purposes of voting and maintaining my driver's license and bank account. Otherwise, the house is just a mailing address except for the 10 days a year when I'm really there. My housemates probably got counted.

Maxheader

(4,373 posts)
11. The feds made it simple for the..
Thu May 14, 2020, 06:52 AM
May 2020

Dumbass 28%ers..

You know the gop will try illegal redistricting...using bogus census data..

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
12. :) Of course! That short form is VERY short,
Thu May 14, 2020, 07:17 AM
May 2020

basically, yes the 2 of us here. We received two by mail, one for our Georgia address and one for our Florida address, but were only supposed to complete the one for our state of residence, which we did on line. I'd be interested in seeing the long one.

I think I remember that the deadline for responding was in April. Census takers will be knocking on doors, or however it'll be handled , for those who hadn't responded.

For those who believe in government of, by and for the people, of course, the more complete and accurate the count the better.

GoCubsGo

(32,080 posts)
13. Yes, right after I got it.
Thu May 14, 2020, 07:21 AM
May 2020

Some people get a more detailed form, as I did back in 2000. Most people just get the short form.

doc03

(35,328 posts)
19. I turned mine in weeks ago. I don't understand WTF it is for seems the only thing
Thu May 14, 2020, 08:10 AM
May 2020

they wanted was your race and national origin. What does your national origin have to do with anything. I am a certified
mutt.

Ancestry says my country of origin is:

England, Wales, NW Europe 71%
Ireland, Scotland 23%
Germanic Europe 2%
Norway 2%
Baltics 1%
Benin and Togo 1%

Benin and Togo I am African American too.

The same goes for any other race we are American now period.

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