Questions Planned for the 2020 Census and
American Community Survey —
Federal Legislative and Program Uses
Issued March 2018
C United States
US. Department of Commerce
census. govIntroduction
BACKGROUND
Since 1790, a national census of the US. population
has been conducted every 10 years 35 required by the
US. Constitution. Altona information beyend the
population count has been collected with each census
im response to the challenges facing the nation and a
national desir to understand ourselves,
received 2 "short" form. while a partion of addresses
‘received 3 more detaled “ong” form. The Census
2000 short form was designed to callect basic
{demographic and housing informatio (ie, 98,
Se, race Hispanic oii, relationship, and tenure)
te be used far congressional apportionment and to
provide data to states for intrastate recstricting. The
tong form, sent to approximately 1 n 6 households,