Census News
What is CensuS
Census is an official count of a population, typically recording various details of individuals. Every 10 years the government sends out a questionnaire, to count exactly how many people there are in the country.
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IMPORTANT CENSUS UPDATES
04/17/2020: Safety First
04/10/2020: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgAxj6Iuvws
04/03/2020: Representative Pramila Jayapal:Â https://twitter.com/RepJayapal/status/1245410600374550528?s=20
03/27/2020: What College Students Need to Know to Be Counted in the Right Place
03/23/2020: New Census Updates In Response to COVID-19
How To Fill Out Your Census Form
Census Guide in South Asian Languages
Bengali | Marathi | Urdu | Nepali | Telugu | Hindi | Tamil | Punjabi | Gujarati
WHY IS CENSUS IMPORTANT?
- The census determines how almost 700 billion in federal funding gets split up across the country based on the information derived from the Census broken down by gender, age, race, and other factors. This money comes to our community like your meals on wheels for the elderly, support for school breakfasts for kids, housing assistance for the poor, funding for the Community Center, transportation, creating jobs, healthcare, and public policies.
- A complete count is also necessary to accurately apportion representation in the House of Representatives and the Electoral College. So the more people in a State, the more representatives in the House of Representatives.
- State Officials also use the data derived from the Census to redraw the boundaries of their congressional and state legislative districts to adapt to population shifts.
But, the census is only helpful if YOU actually fill it out. That’s why Census 2020 matters. Whether you are a refugee, undocumented, permanent resident, immigrant, single parent, a child, or belong to any faith group, We need you to get counted.
It’s also required by the law that we all participate in the Census. The information that you give to the Census Bureau will not be shared with any law enforcement but used for statistical purposes only. When you complete the census you fulfill your civic duty.
Participating in the Census is easy. You can do it online, over the phone, or by mail. April 1st, 2020 is Census Day. Let’s make sure you are counted!
13 Language translations are below.
2020 Census TIMELINE
- March 12 – 20, 2020 Residents receive an invitation to respond online.
- March 26 – April 3,2020 Reminder letters sent
- April 1, 2020 Census Day
- April 8 – 16, 2020 Paper Census forms sent to those who have not responded
- April 20 – 27, 2020 Final reminder postcard sent out
- May – July In person follow-ups by Census Enumerators
Why South Asians need to participate in the 2020 Census
There is a risk that the 2020 Census could miss counting South Asian Americans accurately and they are designated as a Hard-to-Count population. South Asians may miss out on the 2020 Census because there are language barriers, fear and misunderstanding about what census it. Many South Asian immigrants may think that the census is meant for counting Citizens and or Green Card holders only.
South Asians are also at risk of being underrepresented because US Census Bureau chose to do paid campaigns without including South Asians. Though the Census Bureau released the language guides these language guides are not enough to take away the fear of those who are not sure how census data is used in the United States. The Trump administration tried hard to include the citizenship question in the Census forms and its threat created the chilling effects in the South Asian Community.
According to the Census Bureau, it is against the law for any Census Bureau employee to disclose or publish any census or survey information that identifies an individual or business. Census bureau also can’t share any of your information with other government agencies such as the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) and ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement).
We offer Census 2020 information in 13 languages, please click on the language below to download it.
- BENGALI/BANGLA: What do you need to know | How can you get involved | Why is census important | How to fill out the census form
- DARI: What do you need to know | How can you get involved | Why is census important | How to fill out the census form
- GUJARATI: What do you need to know | How can you get involved | Why is census important | How to fill out the census form
- HINDI: What do you need to know | How can you get involved | Why is census important | How to fill out the census form
- KANNADA: What do you need to know | How can you get involved | Why is census important | How to fill out the census form
- MALAYALAM: What do you need to know | How can you get involved | Why is census important | How to fill out the census form
- MARATHI: What do you need to know | How can you get involved | Why is census important | How to fill out the census form
- NEPALI: What do you need to know | How can you get involved | Why is census important | How to fill out the census form
- PUNJABI: What do you need to know | How can you get involved | Why is census important | How to fill out the census form
- TAMIL: What do you need to know | How can you get involved | Why is census important | How to fill out the census form
- TELUGU: What do you need to know | How can you get involved | Why is census important | How to fill out the census form
- TIBETAN: What do you need to know | How can you get involved | Why is census important | How to fill out the census form
- URDU: What do you need to know | How can you get involved | Why is census important | How to fill out the census form