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## 2020

The long- and short-form questionnaires used from 1940 to 2000 was replaced by a single, shorter questionnaire in 2010.  The questions asked by the long-form questionnaire are now asked by the annual American Community Survey.

The 2020 census asked the following questions:
                        - How many people were living or staying in this house, apartment, or mobile home on April 1, 2020?
                        - Were there any additional people staying here on April 1, 2020, that you did not include in Question 1?
                        - Is this house, apartment, or mobile home — Mark ONE box.                               - Owned by you or someone in this household with a mortgage or loan? Include home equity loans.
                          Owned by you or someone in this household free and clear (without a mortgage or loan)?
                          - Rented?
                          - Occupied without payment of rent?  What is your telephone number? *We will only contact you if needed for official Census Bureau business.*  Please provide information for each person living here. If there is someone living here who pays the rent or owns this residence, start by listing him or her as Person 1.If the owner or the person who pays the rent does not live here, start by listing any adult living here as Person 1. What is Person 1's name?  What is Person 1's sex? Mark ONE box.- Male
- Female
What is Person 1's age and what is Person 1's date of birth? 
For babies less than 1 year old, do not write the age in months. Write 0 as the age.

**NOTE: Please answer BOTH Question 8 about Hispanic origin and Question 9 about race. For this census, Hispanic origins are not races.**
Is Person 1 of Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin?
No, not of Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin
Yes, Mexican, Mexican Am., Chicano
Yes, Puerto Rican
Yes, Cuban
Yes, another Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin – Print, for example, Salvadoran, Dominican, Colombian, Guatemalan, Spaniard, Ecuadorian, etc. _______________

- What is Person 1's race? Mark one or more boxes AND print origins.       - White – Print, for example, German, Irish, English, Italian, Lebanese, Egyptian, etc. ____________
  - Black or African American – Print, for example, African American, Jamaican, Haitian, Nigerian, Ethiopian, Somali, etc. ____________________ American Indian or Alaska Native – Print name of enrolled or principal tribe(s), for example Navajo Nation, Blackfeet Tribe, Mayan, Aztec, Native Village of Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government, Nome Eskimo Community, etc. __________________
  - Chinese
  - Filipino
  - Asian Indian
  - Vietnamese
  - Korean
  - Japanese
  - Other Asian – Print, for example, Pakistani, Cambodian, Hmong, etc. ____________
  - Native Hawaiian
  - Samoan
  - Chamorro
  - Other Pacific Islander – Print, for example, Tongan, Fijian, Marshallese, etc. _______
  - Some other race – Print race or origin. ______   **The following information is collected for each additional person identified in Question 1 on the front page until information is collected for ALL persons in the household.**    - Print name of Person 2
  - Does this person usually live or stay somewhere else? Mark all that apply.         - No
    - Yes, for college
    - Yes, for a military assignment
    - Yes, for a job or business
    - Yes, in a nursing home
    - Yes, with a parent or other relative
    - Yes, at a seasonal or second residence
    - Yes, in a jail or prison
    - Yes, for another reason  How is this person related to Person 1? Mark ONE box.- Opposite-sex husband/wife/spouse
- Opposite-sex unmarried partner
- Same-sex husband/wife/spouse
- Same-sex unmarried partner
- Biological son or daughter
- Adopted son or daughter
- Stepson or stepdaughter
- Brother or sister
- Father or mother
- Grandchild
- Parent-in-law
- Son-in-law or daughter-in-law
- Other relative
- Roommate or housemate
- Foster child
- Other nonrelative
What is this person's sex? Mark ONE box.
Male
Female

- What is this person's age and what is this person's date of birth?  For babies less than 1 year old, do not write the age in months. Write 0 as the age.
**NOTE: Please answer BOTH Question 6 about Hispanic origin and Question 7 about race. For this census, Hispanic origins are not races.**
- Is Person 1 of Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin?   - No, not of Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin
  - Yes, Mexican, Mexican Am., Chicano
  - Yes, Puerto Rican
  - Yes, Cuban
  - Yes, another Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin – Print, for example, Salvadoran, Dominican, Colombian, Guatemalan, Spaniard, Ecuadorian, etc. _______________  What is Person 1's race? Mark one or more boxes AND print origins.- White – Print, for example, German, Irish, English, Italian, Lebanese, Egyptian, etc. ____________
- Black or African American – Print, for example, African American, Jamaican, Haitian, Nigerian, Ethiopian, Somali, etc. ____________________ American Indian or Alaska Native – Print name of enrolled or principal tribe(s), for example Navajo Nation, Blackfeet Tribe, Mayan, Aztec, Native Village of Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government, Nome Eskimo Community, etc. __________________
- Chinese
- Filipino
- Asian Indian
- Vietnamese
- Korean
- Japanese
- Other Asian – Print, for example, Pakistani, Cambodian, Hmong, etc. ____________
- Native Hawaiian
- Samoan
- Chamorro
- Other Pacific Islander – Print, for example, Tongan, Fijian, Marshallese, etc. _______
- Some other race – Print race or origin. ______
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