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A census aims to count the entire population of a country, and at the location where each person usually lives. The census asks questions of people in homes and group living situations, including how many people live or stay in each home, and the sex, age and race of each person.

According to information from the Census Bureau, it's against the law not to complete the census. If you don't fill it out, or if you answer any question incorrectly on purpose, you could theoretically face a penalty of up to $5,000.

The data collected by the decennial census determine the number of seats each state has in the U.S. House of Representatives and is also used to distribute hundreds of billions of dollars in federal funds to local communities.

The deadline to respond to the 2020 Census is October 15, 2020.

It is mandated by Article I, Section 2 of the Constitution and takes place every 10 years. The data collected by the decennial census determine the number of seats each state has in the U.S. House of Representatives and is also used to distribute hundreds of billions of dollars in federal funds to local communities.

Census.gov Homepage 99.98% of all housing units and addresses nationwide were accounted for in the 2020 Census as of the end of self-response and field data collection operations. This site uses Cascading Style Sheets to present information.

You still have time to fill out the 2020 census questionnaire. The census is mandatory and part of the US Constitution (Article 1, Section 2). It legally requires the country to accurately count US residents, whether citizens or not.

1 : a count of the population and a property evaluation in early Rome. 2 : a usually complete enumeration of a population specifically : a periodic governmental enumeration of population According to the latest U.S census, 16% of the population is of Hispanic or Latino origin.

Collection of data from a whole population rather than just a sample. Example: doing a survey of travel time by ... ... asking everyone at school is a census (of the school).

By census law, refusal to answer all or part of the census carries a $100 fine. The penalty goes up to $500 for giving false answers. In 1976, Congress eliminated both the possibility of a 60-day prison sentence for noncompliance and a one-year prison term for false answers.