Census 101
Counts every person living in the U.S. once, only once, and in the right place every decade
What is the Census?
5.76 billion
What are fundings for the census?
POCs, Homeless communities, Children under 5, rural areas, Immigrants, and low income
What are the hard to count communities?
Only citizens are required to fill out the census
What is False?
The largest city counted
What is New York?
April 1st, 2020
What is the official census date?
13
What are the number of languages available for the census?
Available in 59 non English languages
Language study guides
The census is mandatory for every person living in the US
What is True
Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, New Jersey, Tennessee and Virginia
What are the states that have lost their census results before?
Every ten years/decade
What is the time-frame of the official census?
Colorado stands to lose this with even a 1.3% undercount
What is one extra Congressional seat?
If you are over 18 and refuse to answer all or part of the census, you can be fined up to $100. If you give false answers, you're subjected to a fine of $500.
What is Title 13?
The census count is only about apportionment and redistricting
What is False?
Though best known for witness protection and hunting fugitives, this group were also required by an act of Congress to count the inhabitants in their respective districts.
What are U.S. Marshals?
1790
When was the first census taken?
$250,000 or five years in jail
What is the penalty for unlawful disclosure of the census?
One of four key dimensions of survey quality. Refers to the difference between the survey estimate and the true (unknown) value.
What is accuracy?
The addition of the citizenship question is needed to enforce the Voting Rights Act
What is False?
the first country to constitutionally mandate a regular census and the first to use the census for apportioning political power.
What is the U.S.
Online
What is the new method for answering the census?
55%
What is the number of AA who said they were "extremely" or "very likely" to fill out the census form
Trump's addition to the census. Has not been on a census since 1950.
What is the Citizenship Question?
Immigrants can avoid the census by not completing their census form.
What is False?
The one state that lost population during the last census period
What is Michigan?