Make Sure You're Counted
Census forms will be mailed out in March of 2010. If you lost or misplaced your form, call the Telephone Questionnaire Assistance Center at 1-866-872-6868. (If you prefer a Spanish-speaking operator, then dial 1-866-928-2010.) The lines will be open from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. seven days a week from February 25, 2010 through July 31, 2010. For the hearing-impaired, TDD 1-866-783-2010.
The Be Counted (BC) Program
Be Counted sites will be in operation from March 19, 2010 through April 19, 2010. This website will be updated with their locations when available.
The Be Counted (BC) Program provides a means for people to be included in the
2010 Census when:
• they believe they did not receive a Census questionnaire
• they believe they were excluded from the questionnaire
returned by the household in which they reside
• they may have been without conventional housing on Census
Day, April 1, 2010
The Be Counted program makes census forms available in many different public locations in areas that have been historically undercounted by the census. These locations include community centers, health clinics, convenience stores, churches, businesses and other.
Questionnaire Assistance Centers (QAC)
All Questionnaire Assistance Centers (QAC) are also Be Counted sites.
The main purpose of the QAC is to assist people in the completion of the census questionnaires and to offer the language assistance needed. Questionnaire Assistance Centers will offer 59 different language assistance guides along with Braille and large print questionnaires.
If You Don't Respond
Many residents who do not complete and return a 2010 Census form will receive
a replacement form. If no form is mailed back, residents will receive personal
visit from a census taker some time after March 2010. The census taker will ask
you the questions on the form, record your answers and then submit the form for
your household.
Census takers will visit local homes up to three times in their attempt to
record resident information for 2010 Census. The census taker will leave a door
hanger, featuring a phone number, if residents are not at home.
Census workers can be identified by the official Census Bureau badge they carry. All census information collected, including addresses, are confidential and protected by law. By law, the Census Bureau cannot share respondents' answers with the FBI, the IRS, CIA, Welfare, Immigration, or any other government agency. No court of law or law enforcement agency can find out respondents' answers. All Census Bureau employees - including temporary employees - take an oath for life to keep census information confidential. Any violation of that oath is punishable by a fine of up to $250,000 and five years in prison. 2010 Census workers will never ask for bank or social security information nor will they request money.
