Just got my Census booklet---UGG! ----28 pages!

[trumad]

I know it's important...but 28 pages?

This is really gonna cramp my American Idol TV time.

[county worker]

1. You only fill out one page per person in the household right?

[GoCubsGo]

4. A small number of the population gets a long form.

I got one in 1990. There are a whole bunch more questions they ask beyond the standard form. I guess recipients are chosen randomly.

[trumad]

6. So that would be 5

and then it jumps to Housing--- and then more about each person---(5)

[county worker]

23. I must have got a short form.

[csziggy]

2. I'm jealous - you got the long form! Cool! n/t

[Lochloosa]

15. +1

That's llike getting called for a national poll. One of only 2-3 thousand. You COUNT.

[csziggy]

21. I got the long form in 1980 - it was fun to fill out

And I loved knowing that what I put in would influence things for decades.

[KatyMan]

26. I agree!

I remember when I was young my mom got the long form (I guess in 1980), and this year I was looking forward to it, but we only got the short form. We were out of the country in 2000, and in 1990 I was a stoner bachelor, so if I got a census form I probably threw it away :)

[tridim]

3. Mine was well over 2000 pages.

I stopped filling it in when it asked for my DNA sample.

[Ikonoklast]

17. Just poop in the envelope and send it in.

No big deal.

[ixion]

5. I just got mine... again. Already submitted it once

:crazy:

[trumad]

9. Must be from Florida?

[ixion]

14. heh... you guessed it

[sandnsea]

7. The American Community Survey?

Sounds like you got the "survey", that they aren't defining as the actual "census". The census is ten basic questions. I think they're doing it that way so the anti-government folks have less to bitch about.

[Ineeda]

8. It took me all of five minutes to complete.

Easy enough during a commercial break from the precious drek on TV.

[trumad]

10. I know...

I'm kind of tongue and cheeking it here...

But it is 28 pages..

[LiberalFighter]

20. You can add in there that you hated all the Bush presidents and Republicans in general.

If you really want to confuse your descendants put your income as $3 million.

[dflprincess]

11. I heard something on the news this morning about a census scam

Beware of anything that looks like a census form and asks for you Social Security # or a signature. The real census does neither.

[trumad]

13. It's the real deal...

Free postage and everything.

[kestrel91316]

12. Wow, you won the lottery, lol. Your descendents hit the lottery, too, when

they go to do genealogy research 72 years from now......

[emulatorloo]

16. Fill it out when Katie Stevens or Tim Urban is singing.

[MiniMe]

18. I got the long form once, in 1990 I believe

It was a bit of a pain in the butt, but not hard. I don't remember the 2000 census, so I probably got the short form. Got the short form this year and it took 5 minutes.

[Statistical]

19. Not everyone gets the long form.

Let us know if you see any interesting or unusual questions.

[Warpy]

22. I got the long form in 1980

and quite honestly, I didn't mind it in the least. It's a snapshot of various areas of the country and how well people are actually living, not the HGTV version of yuppies and McMansions.

Since there were only 2 of us, it only took about 20 minutes to fill out.

[NoPasaran]

24. Better keep a vault copy of the long form

In case you ever run for President of Hawaii

[Hosnon]

25. I didn't think there was a long form this year.

:shrug:

ETA: Turns out I was wrong: http://www.census.gov/acs/www/Downloads/ACS-1(info)(2010)%20Stateside%20English_web.pdf

[left is right]

31. I thought the same thing

I know that the American Community Survey is 28 pages and I thought this survey was supposed to take the place of the long form. Mine took less than 10 minutes/for 3 people

[Ganja Ninja]

27. I got a second one in the mail yesterday.

I sent my first off about 2 weeks ago. I threw the second one away.

[Frances]

28. The form I got was very short

Just a few questions

[planetc]

29. If you fill it out incompletely, they'll call you for clarification.

Unfortunately they'll probably call you during American Idol.

[GreenTea]

30. I simply filled out the form as any idiot could do-mailed it in the enclosed postage paid envelope.

Uh, one does have to have the sense to insert the filled out form, into the postage paid envelope the correct way, so the scanning code is seen in the envelopes little window, so it can be quickly scanned once it's received by the Census Bureau.

I never read any of the "28 page" booklet, pamphlet, whatever, and I don't think anyone needs to read any of the "28 pages" either to figure any of this out....Creating a problem for oneself when there isn't one.