America 1 Loc: South Miami

Every 10 years, as mandated in the Constitution, officials from the US Census Bureau work to count every person living in the country. That means that everyone in the United States, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam and the US Virgin Islands are required by law to be counted this year.

And it's important. The 2020 Census will help determine how $1.5 trillion in federal spending is distributed, as well as how many congressional seats each state gets.

You're asked about the number of people living at the residence and about your relationship (married, related, roommates, unmarried same-sex partner, in-laws, foster child, non-related, etc.).

The much-discussed citizenship question will not be listed on the 2020 census. But the Census Bureau is still paying for it, according to Politico. Amid fear among immigrants over the Trump administration’s failed drive to put the question on the census, the government is investing millions of dollars promoting the fact that your information will not be shared with the authorities.

On the bright side, citizens will be able to respond online for the first time, starting March 12. Or you could respond the old-fashioned way, via mail or phone.

The real question, according to the Associated Press, is who gets to be the primary person in the household? Everyone else who lives in the home has to be identified on the form by how they are related to so-called “Person 1,” which years ago would've been dubbed “head of household.” I'm cool with letting my partner be #1, if it means he fills the thing out and I can spend my time doing other important things, like scrolling through Instagram.

↦ FYI: Those who refuse to answer the census could be fined up to $100 and those who purposefully provide wrongful information could be fined up to $500.

American Vet

I need to research and find exactly which questions one is REQUIRED to answer....

America 1 Loc: South Miami

$100. - $500. not very friendly.

American Vet

Not sure what you mean here.

America 1 Loc: South Miami

A bit of a stiff fine, so don't lie.

Weewillynobeerspilly Loc: North central Texas

I never answer more than the number of people living in my house, and if any are school age and attending.....everything else gets a N/A ( not applicable) polite way to say none of your business......

American Vet

Not going to lie ...... I am under the impression that one doesn't have to answer all the questions.

America 1 Loc: South Miami

I didn't mean to imply that you would, looks as though you just need to be careful.

lpnmajor Loc: Arkansas

If they know I didn't fill out the census form, then they probably know all the answers already.

Lonewolf

I have never filled out one and never will

Radiance3

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I demand that citizenship question must be included. Without that, we could never know how many are i******s in this country.

And the democrats don't want citizenship question, because their illegal supporters will come out more populating this country, than the rightful people living in the United States.

American Vet

Yep. I cannot figure out why it isn't there.

Why are the l*****t so adamantly opposed to the question?

America 1 Loc: South Miami

Well, you can demand it.
And, I do agree.
However, some judge shot it down.
Never should an illegal have the privilege to cast his or her v**e in our country's e******ns.
The popular v**e last year likely won due to illegal v**es.
So who is the most influential Russia or i******s?

Weewillynobeerspilly Loc: North central Texas

most people who cannot read and write say the same thing when it comes to documents.

Just put an X next to your name...draw a circle around that X to hide your signature if you're worried about it being used for nefarious reasons.

America 1 Loc: South Miami

In two words, illegal v**es.
They don't care about the politician, only about freebies.
Free housing, education, food, wh**ever else offered.