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Short answer: yes. Your responses to the 2020 census are safe, secure, and protected by federal law. Your answers can only be used to produce statistics — they can’t be used against you in any way. Learn more at www.census.gov/privacy.

The census will NOT ask you for your citizenship status, social security number, or financial information.

In March of 2020, every home will receive an informational packet from the Census Bureau to complete the census questionnaire. This year you’ll be able to respond online, by phone, or by mail. Census assistance via the phone will be available in 13 languages and printed guides will be available for 59 more.

Everyone in your house as of April 1, 2020, should be counted — including infants, toddlers, young children, relatives, and roommates. 

Alaskans should have received their census packet in the mail in early February. For everyone else, you should have received a packet in the mail in March. Your packet will include instructions on how to fill out the census online if you don’t want to mail it back.

You have until August 14th to complete the census.

Census Day is April 1st. This is not the deadline for finishing the census! This is the date where anyone who is at your address counts — for example, if you have a relative or a friend living in your household and they move out on April 2nd, you should still count them when you fill out the census.

There are 3 ways to respond to the 2020 Census from the comfort of your home: 

1. Online: visit 2020Census.gov or click HERE

2. Over the phone: Call 844-330-2020 (see phone numbers for other language below)

3. By mail: mail back the form you received in the mail

One person should respond for each home. That person should count everyone who is living there as of April 1, 2020. This includes anyone — related or unrelated to you — who lives and sleeps at your home most of the time. That includes babies, young children, and anyone who is renting a space in your home. 

Remember the census counts everyone living in the United States, regardless of their immigration status or age. The goal of the census is to get a complete and accurate count of everyone living in the United States and its five territories. 

It’s designed to be a simple questionnaire that each household completes to learn about who is living in the home by April 1, 2020. See a sample of the form and questions here. 

Questions include:

• Number of people at address

• Owner/renter

• Phone number

• Demographic information about people living in the home

  • Race

  • Sex

  • Date of Birth

Yes. The U.S. Census Bureau keeps your information confidential and cannot release any identifiable information about you, your home, or your business. In fact the law requires the U.S. Census Bureau to protect your answers. The answers you provide can only be to produce statistics. Learn more here.