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Every year that ends in a zero, the United States Census is supposed to interview every human living in USA, right? I don't recall that happening to me since the year 2000. Anybody else? (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

The census is every 10 years, and it's largely done by mail. Every household gets a form in the mail that you're required to fill out and return. The only time I've had a census worker show up at my house was when I forgot to fill out the form and the deadline was approaching. If you return the form before the deadline, the census workers won't have you on their list because you've already been counted.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

Okay but I don't even recall receiving a form in the mail in the year 2010 or the year 2020.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

update, now that I think of it, in 2010 I was married and my husband at the time would have been the head of household and any such letter from the census would have been addressed to him.

In 2020 my circumstances were extremely vagrant so that's probably how I slipped through the cracks that year.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Vagrancy matters! The only reason I was counted in 2020 was because I broke my neck and spent about the first half of the year staying at a friend's house. The address I had wasn't legit so nothing like that would have been mailed to me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Possibly. I haven't the foggiest idea of what determines where the forms get mailed. I've always assumed the list was compiled from whatever records the government has on people: tax filings, driver's licenses, etc. I only know I got both of mine in the mail.