Post by basilosaurus on Mar 25, 2020 16:25:05 GMT -5
What's the deadline to be counted? I was planning on being back in the US sometime mid-summer. Obviously that's not likely to happen. Overseas don't count, not even overseas military despite maintaining a US address home-of-record which most of the time isn't a valid mailing address any longer.
The census worker was correct, college students are supposed to be counted at college.
Yes. You also should vote and file your taxes there if you are a resident for more than 50% time, which more college students are. For population, the small college town I lived in for a while reports 100k, and half of that is the student population.
Despite this, though I didn't live on campus, had been there 3 years, had my car and DL license there, when I tried to take summer classes at a public uni, they wouldn't give me in state tuition. My income, such as it was, was earned in my home state, so that's where I filed taxes and voted absentee. Maybe 2000 was different, or maybe FL (home) and TN (college) were fucked up. I'm pretty sure my parents put me on their census.
Was 2010 a sampling year? I don't remember filling anything out, but I was definitely in the US 2009 Jan- 2010 Dec.
What's the deadline to be counted? I was planning on being back in the US sometime mid-summer. Obviously that's not likely to happen. Overseas don't count, not even overseas military despite maintaining a US address home-of-record which most of the time isn't a valid mailing address any longer.
The form we got in the mail asked us to complete it online by April 1.
Post by wanderingback on Apr 2, 2020 13:33:47 GMT -5
Finally filling out the census today!
Does anyone know what you’re supposed to do if you live in 2 cities and split your time pretty evenly?
ETA: oops never mind, I see it’s asking at the end if you also live somewhere else. ETAA: ok never mind that wasn’t really helpful. It just says does anyone usually live somewhere else, which really isn’t the case for us. Oh well.
Does anyone know what you’re supposed to do if you live in 2 cities and split your time pretty evenly?
ETA: oops never mind, I see it’s asking at the end if you also live somewhere else. ETAA: ok never mind that wasn’t really helpful. It just says does anyone usually live somewhere else, which really isn’t the case for us. Oh well.
We had the same issue. I just put that we both live somewhere else part of the year. It was worded weirdly to me.
Does anyone know what you’re supposed to do if you live in 2 cities and split your time pretty evenly?
ETA: oops never mind, I see it’s asking at the end if you also live somewhere else. ETAA: ok never mind that wasn’t really helpful. It just says does anyone usually live somewhere else, which really isn’t the case for us. Oh well.
We had the same issue. I just put that we both live somewhere else part of the year. It was worded weirdly to me.
Yeah it didn’t really seem to make sense to me. Glad I’m not the only one who thought the wording was weird. Then it didn’t ask the address of the other location. I don’t know if we should also fill out one for the other city?
We had the same issue. I just put that we both live somewhere else part of the year. It was worded weirdly to me.
Yeah it didn’t really seem to make sense to me. Glad I’m not the only one who thought the wording was weird. Then it didn’t ask the address of the other location. I don’t know if we should also fill out one for the other city?
I did- same exact answers as the first address. I'd hate for them to send a field worker to survey just because I didn't fill it out and won't be home.
Post by wildfloweragain on Apr 12, 2020 13:20:09 GMT -5
Somehow I'm just getting to this. We had 2 in the mail pile and I just figured one was for me and one was for H. They both said "resident" so I grabbed one and am starting to do it online. Then I noticed that one says our house address and the other says our house address + Apt 101. There has never been a rental here, and upon googling it looks like we do one per household. Any ideas why there is one with an apartment number?
The deal is that you’re supposed to account for where you are on April 1. So if you split your time, account for that.
And with this administration, I’m 0% shocked that there were just two sex options. Ugh.
That's interesting to know. Obviously with the pandemic things aren't like they usually are, but what if on April 1 you spend time at both houses? What if you fill out the census 2 weeks before April 1 and don't know which house you'll be at on April 1? What if on April 1 you're at the house you only spend 10% of your time? Just so many random questions I had while filling it out, ha. It seems like there should be an option to put 2 addresses and a % of time you spend at each location to really get the most accurate information if that's what the census is designed to accomplish.
The deal is that you’re supposed to account for where you are on April 1. So if you split your time, account for that.
And with this administration, I’m 0% shocked that there were just two sex options. Ugh.
That's interesting to know. Obviously with the pandemic things aren't like they usually are, but what if on April 1 you spend time at both houses? What if you fill out the census 2 weeks before April 1 and don't know which house you'll be at on April 1? What if on April 1 you're at the house you only spend 10% of your time? Just so many random questions I had while filling it out, ha. It seems like there should be an option to put 2 addresses and a % of time you spend at each location to really get the most accurate information if that's what the census is designed to accomplish.
I think the actual address isn’t as important as the city, county, state, etc. That’s where the funding dollars will go.
That's interesting to know. Obviously with the pandemic things aren't like they usually are, but what if on April 1 you spend time at both houses? What if you fill out the census 2 weeks before April 1 and don't know which house you'll be at on April 1? What if on April 1 you're at the house you only spend 10% of your time? Just so many random questions I had while filling it out, ha. It seems like there should be an option to put 2 addresses and a % of time you spend at each location to really get the most accurate information if that's what the census is designed to accomplish.
I think the actual address isn’t as important as the city, county, state, etc. That’s where the funding dollars will go.
Interesting. I thought it was important for the actual address for districting and schools, etc. I know in my neighborhood (generally an underserved neighborhood) they are harping on people filling out the census so schools get funded, parks get funded, etc. Most large cities have a lot of differences based on neighborhoods that affect districting and how funds are allocated. I thought the census was important in figuring those things out based on what they've been telling us here.
But yeah back to what I was saying about living in 2 places/cities, that's why it seems like it'd also be important to get data for both cities that a person lives in, but I guess not?
That's interesting to know. Obviously with the pandemic things aren't like they usually are, but what if on April 1 you spend time at both houses? What if you fill out the census 2 weeks before April 1 and don't know which house you'll be at on April 1? What if on April 1 you're at the house you only spend 10% of your time? Just so many random questions I had while filling it out, ha. It seems like there should be an option to put 2 addresses and a % of time you spend at each location to really get the most accurate information if that's what the census is designed to accomplish.
I think the actual address isn’t as important as the city, county, state, etc. That’s where the funding dollars will go.
The actual address is important for research, epidemiology and other disciplines use census tracts in analysis - here's one example
I think the actual address isn’t as important as the city, county, state, etc. That’s where the funding dollars will go.
The actual address is important for research, epidemiology and other disciplines use census tracts in analysis - here's one example
Thanks for sharing! I hadn’t looked in to all the specifics but I knew they were really pushing my neighborhood hard to fill it out so I assumed the address was important.
I think the actual address isn’t as important as the city, county, state, etc. That’s where the funding dollars will go.
The actual address is important for research, epidemiology and other disciplines use census tracts in analysis - here's one example
So how does that data account for people who truly have multiple homes?
I’m not saying that the address is completely insignificant but in terms of people receiving the census at two places, my understanding is that your physical location on census day is the one you should use. That it is meant to be a snapshot of the country as it is on April 1.
Somehow I'm just getting to this. We had 2 in the mail pile and I just figured one was for me and one was for H. They both said "resident" so I grabbed one and am starting to do it online. Then I noticed that one says our house address and the other says our house address + Apt 101. There has never been a rental here, and upon googling it looks like we do one per household. Any ideas why there is one with an apartment number?
I still have this question if anyone knows the answer.
The actual address is important for research, epidemiology and other disciplines use census tracts in analysis - here's one example
So how does that data account for people who truly have multiple homes?
I’m not saying that the address is completely insignificant but in terms of people receiving the census at two places, my understanding is that your physical location on census day is the one you should use. That it is meant to be a snapshot of the country as it is on April 1.
The data does not usually account for multiple homes, as far as I know. The type of data I linked only considers the address at cancer diagnosis, so a cancer epidemiologist would be using the population characteristics of the cases's diagnosis census tract - and not consider where the case lives during other parts of the year. There's a good FAQ about multiple residences/prisoners/traveling/getting a letter at two addresses, etc: 2020census.gov/en/who-to-count.html It isn't always where you physically are on April 1