2020 Census info

The Only Questions You'll Be Asked

• 1. How many people were living or staying in this house, apartment, or mobile home on April 1, 2020?
• 2. Were there any additional people staying here on April 1, 2020, that you did not include in Question 1?
• 3. Is this house, apartment, or mobile home (mark ONE box): Owned by you or someone in this household; Owned by you or someone in this household free and clear (without a mortgage or loan); Rented; Occupied without payment or rent
• 4. What is your telephone number?
• 5. What is your name?
• 6. What is your sex?
• 7. What is your age and date of birth?
• 8. Are you of Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin?
• 9. What is your race? Mark one or more boxes AND print origins: White; Black or African American; American Indian or Alaska Native; Chinese; Filipino; Asian Indian; Vietnamese; Korean; Japanese; other Asian; Native Hawaiian; Samoan; Chamorro; other Pacific Islander; Some other race.

For each additional person living in your household on April 1, 2020, you will be asked 7 questions, including questions 5 through 9 above, if the person usually lives or stays somewhere else, and how the person is related to you.

Your personal information is kept confidential. The U.S. Census Bureau is not allowed to release any personal data on individuals for 72 years.

Important Census Facts And How Your Information Is Used

What's At Risk? For every resident not counted, our community will:

• Lose $2,100 per person every year for the next 10 years

• Lose more than $1 billion in the next 10 year

For the 2020 Census, it is estimated that we will miss 50,519 people. This equates to a loss of $106.1 million per year for Erie County residents.

Why Does It Matter?

This funding is crucial for our neighborhoods and community centers, parks and rec, streets, schools, housing, health, and transportation.

Timeline

• March 12 - 2020 Census form will be sent out
• April 30 - Deadline to answer online, by phone, or by mail
• May 1 - Census workers with badges will start going door-to-door
• • July 31 - Last day to complete the Census

Hard-to-Count Populations

Hard-to-Count populations include infants, college students, seniors, those who move a lot, those who are homeless, those living in poverty, LGBTQ+ residents, minorities, and immigrants and refugees, including those who are undocumented/recently-arrived.

Questions the Census Will Never Ask

During the 2020 Census, the U.S. Census Bureau will never ask you for:

• Your Social Security number
• Money or donations
• Anything on behalf of a political party
• Your bank or credit card account numbers
• Your citizenship

If someone claiming to be from the U.S. Census Bureau contacts you via email or phone and asks you for one of these things, it's a scam, and you should not cooperate.