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Tangential at best, but I’m very curious what will happen with the U.S. census. I can’t imagine the completion rate will be particularly high, and will census workers still be going door to door?

Presidential election year, census year, and of course complete economic shutdown makes this fascinating, setting aside the massive human tragedy.

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The Census is sending multiple pieces of mail with information and a key to complete the census online; only after multiple mailings with no response will a census taker be sent to someone's door.

I did the online version and it was exceedingly easy.

Same here. It was the shortest Census form I can remember.

When did you get the form? I still haven't received anything, but I thought they were sent out earlier this month.

Mine showed up yesterday in Boston

I got mine yesterday. It was dated March 12th. I got a notice about it dated March 16th. I think they were having some issues mailing them out.

I can't speak to the census on the whole, but my mother in law works for a Census office in Atlanta and they are still required to come into the office. Given that a COVID-19 case was discovered in the other tower of the complex, this has moved from baffling to downright irresponsible. Doesn't exactly give me faith in the process.

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