There are only 10 questions on this year’s census – here’s why it may be in your best interests to take five minutes to answer them.
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If, like me, you haven’t filled out and mailed in your census form yet, then you might want to consider taking a few minutes to complete it. This year there are just 10 questions to answer, which makes it one of the shortest censuses in the history of censuses, according to the Census Bureau (the census dates back to the 1600s, though the first official American census occurred in 1790). If don’t fill it out and send it in, then there’s a good likelihood that you will receive a visit from one of the tens of thousands of census workers the government recently hired to knock on doors (and boost our jobs numbers). If you hear them knocking, don’t pretend that you’re not home. Open the door and answer those census questions. Here’s why. Photo Credit: eiratansey