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AFGE’s Women’s and Fair Practices Departments (WFP) and National YOUNG
Committee are working together to mobilize AFGE members around the 2020 Census. We want to ensure that AFGE members and their families are
counted during this year’s census.
The U.S. Constitution mandates that everyone in the country be counted
every 10 years. The first census was conducted in 1790. This is an
important process because it helps determine the allocation of critical
resources to our communities.
Click here to pledge your commitment to complete the 2020 Census.
As union activists we can make a difference by educating our neighbors and
completing the 2020 Census when it comes to our homes. Census results have
an impact on planning and funding for health clinics, highways, fire
departments, disaster response, education programs such as Head Start and
college tuition assistance, drawing of federal, state, and local
legislative districts, and much more.
In mid-March, homes across the country received invitations to complete the
2020 Census.
Please share the 2020 Census information with your families, friends, and
communities. Help WFP lift every voice in AFGE by making sure we’re counted
in the 2020 Census!
How To Respond
The 2020 Census will ask a few simple questions about you and everyone who
is or will be living with you since April 1, 2020.
For the first time, you can choose to complete the census online, by phone,
or by mail. Find out more about each of these methods below:
Please note that if you are responding online, you must complete the census
in one sitting, as you don't have the ability to save your progress. See
the questions the census asks here.
If you do not receive an invitation to respond from the Census Bureau, you
may respond online or visit the Contact Us page to
call and complete the census by phone.
Who Should Respond
The 2020 Census counts everyone living in the United States and its five
territories (Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands).
One person should respond for each home. That person must be at least 15
years old. They should live in the home or place of residence themselves
and know general information about each person living there. For more
information, visit
Questions Asked.
Please note: If you live in American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, or the U.S. Virgin Islands, the process for
completing the census will be 100% paper-based and led by Census takers.
Visit
Counting the Island Areas
for more information.
Everyone Counts
The Census Bureau has specific operations and processes in place to count
everyone, including those in group living situations such as college dorms,
nursing homes, military barracks, and prisons.
Who Should Be Counted and Where?
You should be counted where you are living and sleeping most of the time as
of April 1, 2020. If you are responding for your home, count everyone who
lives and sleeps there most of the time as of April 1, 2020. This includes
young children, foster children, roommates, and any family members or
friends who are living with you, even temporarily.
People in some living situations—including students, service members, and
people in health care facilities—may have questions about how to respond or
where they should count themselves. You may also have questions if you are
moving, have multiple residences, or have no permanent address.
For more information, please visit Who to Count.
Language Support
You can complete the census online or by phone in 13 different languages:
English, Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Russian, Arabic, Tagalog, Polish, French, Haitian Creole, Portuguese, and Japanese.
In addition, bilingual invitations and paper questionnaires in English and
Spanish will be sent to select areas of the country.
To help you respond, the Census Bureau also offers web pages and guides in
59 non-English languages, including American Sign Language, as well as
guides in Braille and large print. Visit Language Support to
learn more.
Thank you for taking action to make sure everyone is counted!
In Solidarity,
AFGE National YOUNG Committee
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